How many places are in the Domesday Book for Leicestershire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 290 settlements in Leicestershire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Leicestershire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Leicestershire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Leicestershire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 290 Leicestershire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Leicestershire

Leicestershire

290 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Leicestershire has 290 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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A13 places

Abegrave Allexton Alton Anstey Appleby Appleby [Parva]Arnesby Asfordby Ashby [-de-la-Zouch]Ashby [Folville]Ashby [Magna]Ashby [Parva]Aylestone

D11 places

[Great] Dalby [Little] Dalby [Old] Dalby Desford Diseworth Dishley [Castle] Donington Donington [-le-Heath]Donisthorpe [Fenny] Drayton Dunton [Bassett]

E5 places

[Great] Easton Eastwell Edmondthorpe Enderby Evington

F7 places

Fleckney Foston Foxton Freeby Frisby Frisby [-on-the-Wreake]Frolesworth

G13 places

Gaddesby Gaulby Gilmorton [Great] Glen Glenfield Glooston Goadby Goadby [Marwood]Goldsmiths Grange Gopsall Grimston Groby Gumley

H17 places

Hallaton Halstead Harby Harston Hathern Heather Hinckley Hoby Holwell Holyoaks Horninghold Hose Hoton Houghton [-on-the-Hill]Humberstone Huncote Hungarton

I3 places

Ibstock Illston [-on-the-Hill][Old] Ingarsby

K17 places

Kegworth [Ab] Kettleby [Eye] Kettleby Keyham Keythorpe Kibworth [Beauchamp]Kibworth [Harcourt]Kilby [North or South] Kilworth Kimcote Kirby [Bellars]Kirby [Muxloe]Kirkby [Mallory]Knaptoft Knighton Knipton Knossington

L13 places

[East] Langton [West] Langton Laughton Leesthorpe Leicester Leire Linton Loddington Loughborough Lowesby Lubbesthorpe Lubenham Lutterworth

M8 places

Marefield Markfield [Potters] Marston Measham Medbourne Melton [Mowbray]Misterton Mowsley

N9 places

Newbold Newbold [Verdon]Newton [Burgoland][Cold] Newton Newton [Harcourt][East] Norton Norton [-juxta-Twycross][Kings] Norton Noseley

O10 places

Oadby Oakham Oakthorpe Odstone Orton [-on-the-Hill]Osbaston Osgathorpe Othorpe [Cold] Overton Owston

P7 places

Packington Peatling Peckleton Pickwell [Great and Middle] Poultney Prestwold Primethorpe

Q2 places

Quenby Queniborough

R10 places

Ragdale Ratby Ratcliffe [Culey]Ratcliffe [-on-the-Wreake]Ravenstone Rearsby Redmile Rolleston Rotherby Rothley

T15 places

Theddingworth Thorpe [Acre]Thorpe [Arnold]Thorpe [Langton]Thrussington Thurcaston Thurmaston Tilton [-on-the-Hill]Tonge Torp Trangesbi Tugby Tur Langton Twycross Twyford

U1 place

Ullesthorpe

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