Baggrave Deserted; Baggrave Hall survives.
Bagworth
| Bageworde: Ralph from Count of Meulan. |
Coal mines nearby.
Barkby
| Barcheberie / ebi: William from Robert de Tosny; Leofric from Adelaide wife of Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill. |
Barkby Hall and Park. William Pochin, the 18th century Saxon scholar, was born here. Barkestone
| Barchestone: Robert de Tosny. |
Barlestone
| Berulvestone: Ralph and Arnold from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Geoffrey from Robert de Bucy. |
3 churches.
Barrow upon Soar
| Barhou: Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. 3 mills. |
Part of Greater Leicester; Roman settlement; limestone quarries.
Barsby
Barton in the Beans
| Bartone: Hugh from Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Barwell
| Barewelle: Coventry Abbey. |
Romano-British finds.
Beeby
Birthplace of Robert Catlin, a judge under Elizabeth I.
Belgrave
| Merdegrave: Hugh de Grandmesnil; his wife Adelaide. Mill. |
Part of Leicester. It was the site of the city's only suburban railway station when the Great Central Railway was built in the 1890s.
Billesdon
| Billesdone: Norman from Geoffrey Alselin. |
Site of Bronze and Iron Age settlements; Saxon settlement. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends in the mid-17th century, went to school here.
Bilstone
| Bildestone: Countess Godiva. |
Birstall
| Burstel(l)e: Hugh de Grandmesnil and Widhard from him. Mill. |
Part of Greater Leicester.
Bittesby
| Bichesbie: King's land. Mill. |
Bittesby House.
Bitteswell
| Betmeswel(le): Robert from the king and Geoffrey de La Guerche. |
Blaby
| Bladi: William from Count of Meulan. Mill. |
In Greater Leicester.
Blaston
| Blade / Bla(ue)stone: Robert de Tosny from the king and Countess Judith. |
Boothorpe
| Bortrod: Robert from Henry de Ferrers. |
Bottesford
| Bot(h)es / Holesford: Robert de Tosny and Odard, Baldric, Clarebald, Robert, Heldwin, Gilbert and 4 Frenchmen from him. 6½ mills. |
The county's biggest village church, containing the tombs of the Earls (later Dukes) of Rutland.
Branston
| Brantestone: Ralph from Bishop of Lincoln. 2 mills. |
Brascote
| Brocardescote: Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Part of Leicester.
Braunstone
| Brantestone: Robert Burdet's son from Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Part of Leicester.
Bromkinsthorpe
| Brandesthorp / dinestor, Brunechinestorp: Hugh de Grandmesnil; Payne from William Peverel. |
Absorbed in Leicester.
Brooksby
| Brochesbi: Wulfsi from Coutess Judith; Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. Mill. |
Deserted; Tudor Manor House, the home of Lord Cardigan in the 19th century.
Broughton Astley
| Broc / Broh / Bros(s)tone: Ralph from the king; Osbern from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Hugh de Grandmesnil from Countess Judith. |
Part of Greater Leicester. The Quaker George Fox addressed his first large outdoor meeting here in the mid-17th century.
Bruntingthorpe
| Brunestan / Brunestinestorp: Hugh de Grandmesnil; Robert from Count of Meulan. Mill. |
Manor house.
Buckminster
| Bucheminstre: Son of Walter from Bishop of London. |
The church is probably one of the sites where missionaries baptized Anglo-Saxon converts.
Burbage
On the outskirts of Hinckley. Fine common; handsome old houses. Roger Cotes, the first Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge in 1706, lived here.
'Burgh', The
Lost.
Burrough on the Hill
| Burc / Burg: Robert from Henry de Ferrers; Geoffrey de La Guerche; Herbert from the king. |
Site of a prehistoric hill fort.
Burton Lazars
| Burtone: Robert from Henry de Ferrers; Richard from Roger de Bully; Geoffrey de La Guerche. |
Hall and park. Its name comes from a lepers hospital founded by a Crusader.
Burton on the Wolds
| Bor / Burtone: William from Geoffrey de La Guerche; Durand Malet, Leofwin, Godric and Hugh from Earl Hugh. |
Late Georgian hall.
Burton Overy
| Burtone: Hugh de Grandmesnil. |
Near Roman road; birthplace of Hugh Weston (1505-58) who presided over Cranmer's trial. The banks nearby are earthworks, possibly the site of a deserted village.
