Desford

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Desford is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Diresford
Deres

Built-Up Area: Desford
Parish/Community: Desford
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°37'32"N 1°17'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 447857, 303345
OS Grid: SK478033
Mapcode Local: GBR 7L3.9KD
Mapcode Global: WHDJG.28VB

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

Desford in historic gazetteers

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

Desford, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 8 miles SW. of Leicester, 3830 ac., pop. 900; P.O.

Desford in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Desford, Leicestershire

Desford is a village in Leicestershire

Desford in historic gazetteers

Desford in the Domesday Book