Cottesmore

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Cottesmore is a village in Melton

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Cotesmore

Built-Up Area: Cottesmore
Parish/Community: Cottesmore
Unitary Authority: Melton
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'44"N 0°39'57"W
Eastings/Northings: 490228, 313578
OS Grid: SK902135
Mapcode Local: GBR DSF.SLZ
Mapcode Global: WHGLM.R24Y

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cottesmore within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cottesmore in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cottesmore, par. and vil., N. Rutland, 4½ miles NE. of Oakham -- par., 2420 ac., pop. 529; vil., pop. 409; P.O.; contains C. Park, seat of the Earl of Lonsdale.

Cottesmore in the Domesday Book

A village in Alstoe [North] hundred, in the county of Rutland.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £11 in 1086
- Households: 48 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 21 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Cottesmore, Melton

Cottesmore is a village in Melton

Cottesmore in historic gazetteers

Cottesmore in the Domesday Book

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