Stonesby

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Stonesby is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Stovenebi

Parish/Community: Sproxton
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'42"N 0°47'1"W
Eastings/Northings: 482072, 324505
OS Grid: SK820245
Mapcode Local: GBR CPS.LNF
Mapcode Global: WHFJV.XLX5

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

Stonesby in historic gazetteers

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

Stonesby, par. Leicestershire, 6 miles NE. of Melton Mowbray, 1370 ac., pop. 216.

Stonesby in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 11 freemen; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres

British Place Names

Stonesby, Leicestershire

Stonesby is a village in Leicestershire

Stonesby in historic gazetteers

Stonesby in the Domesday Book