Billesley

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Billesley is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Other current and historical names

Billeslei

Parish/Community: Billesley
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'26"N 1°47'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 414704, 256591
OS Grid: SP147565
Mapcode Local: GBR 4LH.K6K
Mapcode Global: VHB0B.0S15

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

Billesley in historic gazetteers

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

Billesley, par., S. Warwickshire, 4 miles NW. of Stratford-on-Avon, 750 ac., pop. 43; contains the seat of Billesley Hall.

Billesley in the Domesday Book

A village in Fernecumbe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Neuf-Marché (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 9 smallholders; 8 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)

British Place Names

Billesley, Warwickshire

Billesley is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Billesley in historic gazetteers

Billesley in the Domesday Book