Guilsborough

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Guilsborough is a village in Northamptonshire

Other current and historical names

Gildsborough
Goldsborough
Gisleburg
Borough Hill

Built-Up Area: Guilsborough
Parish/Community: Guilsborough
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'11"N 1°0'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 467324, 273240
OS Grid: SP673732
Mapcode Local: GBR 9SF.GQ9
Mapcode Global: VHDRJ.D3BY

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

Guilsborough in historic gazetteers

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

Guilsborough, par., township, and vil., in co. and 10 m. NW. of Northampton -- par., 3080 ac., pop. 728; township, pop. 517; P.O., T.O.; on an eminence in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Guilsborough Hall.

Guilsborough in the Domesday Book

A village in Guilsborough hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 7¼d
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Guilsborough is a village in Northamptonshire

Guilsborough in historic gazetteers

Guilsborough in the Domesday Book