Stockerston

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Stockerston is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Stoctone
Soctun
Stun

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'10"N 0°45'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 483770, 297582
OS Grid: SP837975
Mapcode Local: GBR CSP.Z5S
Mapcode Global: WHFL1.6NRY

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

Stockerston in historic gazetteers

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

Stockerston, par., on E. border of Leicestershire, 4 miles NW. of Rockingham, 973 ac., pop. 56.

Stockerston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 28 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 5 smallholders; 33 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 22 men's ploughs (22 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Stockerston, Leicestershire

Stockerston is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Stockerston in historic gazetteers

Stockerston in the Domesday Book