Shawell

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Shawell is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Sawelle

Parish/Community: Shawell
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'48"N 1°12'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 454268, 279794
OS Grid: SP542797
Mapcode Local: GBR 8Q2.NJX
Mapcode Global: VHCTL.3L2N

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

Shawell in historic gazetteers

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

Shawell, par. and vil., Leicestershire, 3 miles S. of Lutterworth, 407 ac., pop. 205.

Shawell in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi of Aylestone
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 11 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Shawell, Leicestershire

Shawell is a village in Leicestershire

Shawell in historic gazetteers

Shawell in the Domesday Book