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Leicestershire H-R

Hallaton
Alctone: Norman from Geoffrey Alselin.
Large; fine 17th to 19th century cottages.
Halstead
Elstede: King's land.

Harby
Herd / Hertebi: Robert de Tosny; Gerard from Robert de Bucy.
Large; once with a wharf on the Nottingham-Grantham Canal.
Harston
Herstan: King's land.
Near Iron Age pits and the site of Anglo-Saxon dwellings; church with Saxon stone.
Hathern
Avederne: Robert from Earl Hugh.
Large. John Heathcote invented his lace-making machine here c.1808.
Heather
Hadre: Countess Judith.

Hinckley
Hinchelie: King's land.
Industrial town. Castle Hill is on the site of Roman earthworks.
Hoby
Hobie: Aethelhelm from Drogo de La Beuvriere.
Ancient cross.
Holwell
Holewelle: Ketelbern from Bishop of Lincoln; Gerard from Robert de Bucy.
Ironstone has been worked here since the 1870s.
Holyoaks
Haliach: Ranulf from Bishop of Lincoln. Mill.
Farm.
Horninghold
Horniwale: Robert de Tosny.

Hose
Hoches / Howes: Gilbert from Robert de Tosny; Robert the Usher from the king and Thurstan from him.
Once with a wharf on the Nottingham-Grantham Canal.
Hoton
Hoh / Holetone: Robert de Jort (who occupied it by force); Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold.

Houghton on the Hill
Hohtone: Godric from Henry de Ferrers.
Possibly on a pre-Conquest site; ancestral home of the Herrick family.
Humberstone
Humerstane: Hugh de Grandmesnil.
Part of Leicester. Home of Thomas Paget, MP for Leicester at the time of the Reform Act, 1832.
Huncote
Hunecote: Count of Meulan. Mill.
Large.
Hungerton
Hungretone: William from Robert de Tosny.
Jacobean hall.
Husbands Bosworth
Bareswerde / worde: Abbot Benedict from Guy de Raimbeaucourt; Laurence from Robert de Vessey. Mill.

Ibstock
Ibestoche: Ingenwulf from Count of Meulan.
Large; mining. The 14th century church was Archbishop Laud's living for 9 years early in the 17th century.
Illston on the Hill
Elve / Nelvestone: King's land; Hugh de Grandmesnil; Ingold from Robert de Bucy.
Manor house.

Kegworth
Cacheuuorde / Cogeworde: Robert from Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold.
Prosperous small town, centre of the knitting trade in the 19th century.
Keyham
Caiham: King's land.

Keythorpe
Cai / Cheitorp: Osbern from Archbishop of York; Norman from Geoffrey Alselin.
Hall farm; grange.
Kibworth Beauchamp
Chiburde: Robert the Bursar.
Belonged to Merton College, Oxford, since the 13th century.
Kibworth Harcourt
Chiborne / Cliborne: Robert de Vessey.
12th century castle mound. Philip Doddridge, the Nonconformist divine, preached here 1723-25.
Kilby
Cilebi: Oger le Breton. Mill.
Medieval manor house.
Kimcote
Chenemundescote: Ralph from Bishop of Lincoln.
18th century Free School.
King's Norton
Nortone: King's land.
Manor house.
Kirby Bellars
Cher / Chirchebi: Geoffrey de La Guerche and Ralph from him.

Kirby Muxloe
Carbi / Chirchebi: Riculf from William Peverel.
Suburb of Leicester; brick castle, built for William Lord Hastings in the 15th century. Nearby Kirby Moats are said to be of Saxon origin.
Kirkby Mallory
Cher(ch)ebi: Hugh from Coventry Abbey; Hugh de Grandmesnil and Serlo from him.
Suburb of Leicester; hall with park and lake; motor racing course nearby.
Knaptoft
Cnapetot: King's land.
Depopulated by 17th century change from arable to sheep farming; Hall Farm; moated site of an earlier hall; fishponds.
Knighton
Cnihtetone: Bishop of Lincoln.
Part of Leicester; hall, now the residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
Knipton
Cnipe / Gniptone: King's land; Robert de Tosny. 7 mills.
Wooded; near Knipton Reservoir.
Knossington
Closin / Nossitone: King's land; Roger de Bully.
On high ground which belonged to Owston Abbey and passed to the son of Thomas Cromwell at the Dissolution.

Laughton
Lachestone: Walter from Robert de Tosny.

Leesthorpe
Luvestorp: Buterus from Geoffrey de La Guerche.
Hall; grange.
Leicester
Ledecestre: King's land; Hugh de Grandmesnil; Countess Judith; Bishop of Lincoln. 6 churches, 2 mills.
Town. Iron Age settlement; established as 'Civitas' by the Romans; Cathedral see of the Bishop of Leicester until the 9th century when it became a Danish borough. It was the site of the first Parliament called by Simon de Montfort, in 1265, and an early centre of the dissenting tradition; from the 18th century it was dependent on the hosiery and boot and shoe trades for its wealth.
Leire
Legre: Bishop of Lincoln; Robert de Bucy; Robert the Bursar; Hugh de Grandmesnil.

Little Bowden
Bugedone: Count of Mortain. Mill.
In the suburbs of Market Harborough.
Little Dalby
Dalbi: Roger from Henry de Ferrers; Robert from Geoffrey de La Guerche.
Hartopp Hall, now flats, produced the first widely known Stilton cheese, c.1730.
Little Thorpe
Torp:
Lost.
Loddington
Ludintone: Robert from Robert de Bucy. Mill.
In hilly, wooded countryside; hall.
Long Clawson
Clachestone: Ivo from Robert de Tosny; Thurstan and Theobald from Robert Usher.
Large; in the Vale of Belvoir; manor house.
Loughborough
Locte / Lucteburne: Roger, Ralph, Hugh, Godric and Roger from Earl Hugh. 2 mills.
Town; a centre of the hosiery trade, past and present, and of Luddite riots. Its November Fair dates from the 13th century.
Lowesby
Glowesbi: Hugh Burdet from Countess Judith. Mill.
Depopulated in the 15th century; site of famous pottery in 19th century. Church hall and fishponds remain.
Lubbesthorpe
Lupestorp:
Lost.
Lubenham
Lobenho / Luban / Lubeham: Walkelin from Archbishop of York; Osbern from Robert de Tosny; Robert de Bucy from Countess Judith.
Hall; pond; green.
Lutterworth
Lutresurde: Mainou le Breton.
Small town. Reformer and theologian John Wycliffe was rector here in the late 14th century.

Markfield
Merchenefeld: Hugh de Grandmesnil from Countess Judith.
On the edge of Charnwood Forest; home of framework knitters in the 19th century.
Measham
Messeham: King's land.
Mining; brick-making; on the Ashby Canal.
Medbourne
Medburne / Metorne: King's land; Robert de Tosny.
Probably inhabited since Roman times; granted a weekly market in 1266; manor house; hall; medieval bridge.
Melton Mowbray
Medeltone: Geoffrey de La Guerche and William and Roger from him. 2 mills.
Market town; the hunting capital of England in the early 19th century. The market dates from Saxon times, ancient British cemetery.
Misterton
Menstre / Minis / Minstretone: Ralph from Bishop of Lincoln; Abbot Benedict from Guy de Raimbeaucourt; Mainou le Breton.
Church; hall.
Mowsley
Muselai: Gunfrid de Chocques; Gerbert.
Fishponds.

Nether Broughton
Broctone: King's land.
Large; overlooking Vale of Belvoir; site of a Roman villa.
Newbold Folville
Niwebold:
Lost.
Newbold Saucey
Neubold: Hugh from Henry de Ferrers. Mill.
Farm.
Newbold Verdon
Niwebold: Hugh de Grandmesnil.
Ancient earthworks; hall, home of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the 18th century blue stocking.
Newbold Burgoland
Neutone: Gladwin and Roger from Henry de Ferrers.

Newton Harcourt
Neu / Niwetone: Robert de Vessey. Mill.
On the Grand Union Canal; 17th century manor.
North Kilworth
Chivelesworde: Ralph from Count of Meulan. Mill.
13th century church, where Archbishop Laud was rector for one year in the early 17th century.
North Marefield
Merdefelde: King's land.
Deserted.
Norton juxta Twycross
Nortone: Countess Godiva.
Birthplace of William Whiston (1667-1752) who succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian professor at Cambridge.
Noseley
Noveslei: Hugh de Grandmesnil.
13th century church; hall; park.

Oadby
Oldebi: Roger from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Countess Judith and Robert from her.
Part of Leicester; site of a pagan Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
Oakthorpe
Achetorp: Erwin from Nigel of Stafford.

Odstone
Odestone: Robert the Bursar.
Hall.
Old Dalby
Dalbi: Robert from Ralph FitzHubert.

Orton on the Hill
Wortone: Henry de Ferrers.
Hall.
Osbaston
Sbernestun: Roger from Ralph de Mortimer.
Hall.
Osgathorpe
Osgodtorp: Ardwulf from Henry de Ferrers.
17th century school.
Othorpe
Actorp: Robert de Bucy from Countess Judith.
Hall.
Owston
Osulvestone: Grimbald from Countess Judith.
Remote.

Packington
Pachintone: Coventry Abbey. Mill.
Site of a weekly market in the Middle Ages.
Peatling Magna
Petlinge: Godwin the Priest; Robert de Bucy; Countess Judith; Robert from Count of Meulan.
Large; ancient cross.
Peatling Parva
Alia Petlinge: Howard from Hugh de Grandmesnil; Leofric from Adelaide wife of Hugh de Grandmensil. 2 mills.

Peckleton
Pechintone: Hugh de Grandmesnil.
On the Roman road from Leicester to Watling Street; possibly an Old English settlement.
Pickwell
Pichewelle: Buterus from Geoffrey de La Guerche. Mill.
Iron Age hill-fort; manor house.
Potters Marston
Mersitone:
Lost; once a pottery making centre.
Poultney
Pontenei: Ralph from Bishop of Lincoln.
Farms.
Prestgrave
Abegrave:
Lost.
Prestwold
Prestewalde / wolde: Durand Malet; Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold.
14th century church; big house. The estate still belongs to the Packe family, who bought it in the 17th century.
Primethorpe
Torp:
Lost.

Quenby
Quenberie: William from Robert de Tosny.
Depopulated in the late 15th century. The site of the village is in Quenby Hall park.
Queniborough
Cuinburg: William from Geoffrey de La Guerche. Mill.

Ragdale
Ragendel(e): Hugh from Robert de Bucy.
18th century hall.
Ratby
Rotebie: Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill.
Large; on the edge of Charnwood Forest; Old Hayes, a moated homestead site.
Ratcliffe Culey
Redeclive: Robert the Bursar.
Moated site of a manor house.
Ratcliffe on the Wreak
Radeclive: Robert Burdet's wife from Robert de Bucy. Mill.
Hall; old mill; birthplace of Richard Kilbye (1561-1620), one of the translators of the authorized version of the Bible.
Ravenstone
Ravenestorp: Ingold from Robert de Bucy; Hugh Burdet from Countess Judith; Earl Hugh. 2 mills.
Suburb of Leicester; medieval bridge.
Rearsby
Re(d)resbi: Ingold from Robert de Bucy; Hugh Burdet from Countess Judith; Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold. 1� mills.
Suburb of Leicester; medieval bridge.
Redmile
Redmelde: Robert de Tosny.
Once on the Nottingham-Grantham Canal.
Ringlethorpe
Ricoltorp: Hugh de Grandmesnil from Countess Judith; Raven from the king. Mill.
Goldsmith Grange, named after John Goldsmith, a wealthy 15th century merchant.
Rollestone
Rovestone: Norman from Geoffrey Alselin.
Modern hall on old site; ancient cross.
Rotherby
Redebi: Earl Hugh, formerly Earl Harold.

Rothley
Rodolei: King's land. Mill.
Large; site of a Roman villa; church with Norman remains and a Saxon cross; Rothley Temple, home of the Babington family from the 15th to 19th century, was the birthplace of the poet and historian Lord Macauley (1800-59).