Willesley

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Willesley is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Wiuleslei
Wiuesleie

Parish/Community: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
District/Borough: North West Leicestershire
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°43'37"N 1°29'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 434500, 314500
OS Grid: SK345145
Mapcode Local: GBR 6HC.1YQ
Mapcode Global: WHDHS.2QG7

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

Willesley in historic gazetteers

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

Willesley, par., Derbyshire, 1½ mile SW. of Ashby de la Zouch, 910 ac., pop. 57; contains Willesley Park, seat of the Earl of Loudoun.

Willesley in the Domesday Book

A village in Walecros hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric of Bradbourne
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Willesley, Leicestershire

Willesley is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Willesley in historic gazetteers

Willesley in the Domesday Book