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Grandborough
Graneberge / Greneberge: Coventry Abbey; Richard the Forester from the king. Mill.

Great Alne
Alne: Winchcombe Abbey. Mill.
Great Alne Hall.
Grendon
Grendone: Thurstan from Henry de Ferrers. Mill.
Grendon Hall; Croft House, built in 1781 above the old mill race.

Hampton Lucy
Hantone: Bishop of Worcester. Mill.

Handsworth
Honesworde: Drogo from William FitzAnsculf. Mill.
Matthew Boulton and James Watts set up the first steam engine in the Midlands here.
Harborne
Horeborne: Robert from Bishop of Chester.
District of Birmingham.
Harborough
Herdeberge: Richard the Forester and Ansegis from the king. Mill.

Harbury
Erdburberie / Erbur(ge)berie: Coventry Abbey; Count of Meulan; William from Thorkell of Warwick; Wazelin from Henry de Ferrers; William Bonvallet.

Hartshill
Ardreshille: Nicholas from Countess Godiva.
Stone quarries including the Blue Hole; birthplace of the poet Michael Drayton (1563-1631).
Haseley
Haseleia: Humphrey from Hascoit Musard. Mill.
Haseley Hall; Haseley Manor.
Haselor
Haseloue: Nicholas the Gunner. Mill, salthouse.
Late Georgian watermill.
Hatton
Altone: Nigel d'Aubigny.

Hill
Hille: Warin from Abingdon Abbey.

Hillborough
Hildebereurde / Hildeborde: Urso d'Abetot; Hugh from Osbern FitzRichard. Mill, salthouse.
Ghosts, including that of Shakespeare's White Lady, Anne Whateley, are reputed to haunt Hillborough Manor.
Hillmorton
Mortone: Waltheof and Merwin from Count of Meulan; Hugh de Grandmesnil; Richard the Forester from the king.
James Petiver, 16th to 17th century botanist and entomologist, lived here.
Hodnell
Hoden(h)elle: Gilbert from Count of Meulan; Harding and Godwin from Thorkell of Warwick; Roger from William FitzCorbucion.

Honington
Hunitone: Coventry Abbey. 4 mills.
Honington Hall.
Hopsford
Apleford: Wulfric from Geoffrey de la Guerche.
Hopsford Hall.
Hunningham
Huningeham: Osmund and Ketel from William FitzCorbucion.

Idlicote
Etelincote: Robert of Stafford.
Idlicote House.
Ilmington
Edelmitone / Ilmedone: Count of Meulan and Odard from him; Alric, the pre-Conquest holder, from Robert of Stafford.

Kenilworth
Chinewrde: Richard the Forester from the king.
Market town with the ruins of 12th century Kenilworth Castle.
(To find out more about Kenilworth's history click here)
Kineton
Quintone: King's land.
Market town. Charles I met his bride, Henrietta Maria, here.
Kineton Green
Cintone: Aelmer from William FitzCorbucion.

Kingsbury
Chinesberie: Nicholas from Countess Godiva.
Said to be the site of the palace of the kings of Mercia. Kingsbury Mill made guns for the Napoleonic wars.
King's Norton
Nortune: King's land.
Area in Birmingham; early 15th century Old Grammar School, originally a priest's house.
Kington
Cintone: Count of Meulan.

Kinwarton
Chenevertone: Ranulf from Evesham Abbey. Mill.

Ladbroke
Lodbroc(h): William from Count of Meulan; Ermenfrid, Aelmer, William, a priest and Gilbert from Thorkell of Warwick; William from Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill.

Langley
Longelei: Ludichael from Robert of Stafford.

Lapworth
Lapeforde: Hugh de Grandmesnil.

Lark Stoke
Stoche: St. Mary's of Evesham.

Lea Green
Lea:
Lost.
Lea Marston
Leth Merstone: Robert d'Oilly and Robert Hunter from Thorkell of Warwick; Robert the Bursar. Mill.
Home of Lord Norton (1814-1905), who pioneered selfgovernment for territories in the British Empire.
Leamington Hastings
Lunnitone: Hascoit Musard.
Mill. Attractive; by the River Leam.
Leamington Spa
Lamistone: Earl Roger. 2 mills.
Town, a fashionable Regency spa. Napoleon III lived here after the collapse of the 2nd Empire in 1871.
Lighthorne
Listecorne: William Bonvallet.

Lillington
Ulintone / Lillintone: Warin and Roger from Count of Meulan; Robert d'Oilly from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Lindsworth
Lindeorde: King's land.
Lindsworth Road and Approach, in King's Norton.
Little Compton
Contone: Warin from Robert of Stafford; St. Denis' Church of Paris.
In a valley, it was once known as 'Compton in the flowers'.
Little Lawford
Lilleford: Leofeva from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.

Long Compton
Cuntone: Geoffrey de Mandeville. Mill.
Rollright Stones and King Stone are nearby.
Longdon (in Solihull)
Langedone: Aelmer from Thorkell of Warwick.

Longdon (in Tredington)
Longedun: Gilbert FitzThorold from Worcester Church.
Longdon Manor.
Long Itchington
Icentone: Christina. 2 mills.
Birthplace of St. Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (c. 1012-95). Dudley, Earl of Leicester, entertained Elizabeth I here.
Long Lawford
Lelleford: Geoffrey de la Guerche. Mill.

Long Marston
Merestone: St. Mary's, Coventry.

Loxley
Lochesham / Locheslei: Bishop of Worcester; Hugh from Count of Meulan; Hugh FitzConstantine from Hugh de Grandmesnil.
Loxley Hall. The church stands on one of the country's oldest foundations: a site given by Offa, King of Mercia, to the Cathedral Church of Worcester in 760.
Luddington
Luditone: 4 men-at-arms from Count of Meulan.
Shakesperare allegedly married Anne Hathaway here, in the chapel (replaced in the 19th century).

Mackadown
Machitone: Alnoth from Thorkell of Warwick.

Map(p)eborough
Mapelberg: Geoffrey from William FitzCorbucion.
Mapleborough Green.
Marston Green
Merstone: Roger from Thorkell of Warwick.

Marston Jabbett
Merstone: Hereward, the pre-Conquest holder, from Count of Meulan.

Meon
Mene: King's land.
Meon Hill; ancient camp.
Middle Bickenhill
Alia Bichehelle: Thorkell of Warwick.

Middleton
Mideltone / Mildentone: Hugh de Grandmesnil and Adelaide his wife. Mill.
Middleton Hall.
Milcote
Melecote: Stephen.

Milverton
Malvertone: Count of Meulan. Mill.
Now 2 villages, Old and New Milverton.
Minworth
Meneworde: Thorkell of Warwick.
Area near Sutton Coldfield.
Monks Kirby
Chircheberie: Geoffrey de la Geurche.

Moreton Morrell
Mortone: Count of Meulan.
Former home of the Randolph family; Jane was the mother of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the USA.
Morton Bagot
Mortone: Hugh from Robert of Stafford.

Moseley
Museleie: King's land.

Myton
Moi / Muitone: Count of Meulan; St. Mary's Church and Algar from Thorkell of Warwick.

Napton on the Hill
Eptone / Neptone: Robert from Count of Meulan; Robert and Ulfketel, the pre-Conquest holder, from Thorkell of Warwick.

Nether Whitacre
Witecore: Robert de Vessey; Edwin from Thorkell of Warwick.
Whitacre House.
Newbold Comyn
Niwebold: Malmesbury Abbey before and after 1066; Gilbert from Count of Meulan. Mill.

Newbold on Avon
Newebold: Geoffrey de la Guerche.
Newbold Grange; Newbold House.
Newbold Pacey
Niwebold: Humphrey from Hascoit Musard.
Newbold Pacey Hall.
Newbold Revel
Feniniwebold: Geoffrey de la Guerche.
Home Office building, once a country house.
Newnham (in Aston Cantlow)
Neweham: Coventry Abbey.

Newnham Paddox
Niweham: Ansegis from Geoffrey de la Guerche. Mill.
Home of Earl Denbigh.
Newton (near Rugby)
Niwetone: Godric, Aldith and Ralph from Thorkell of Warwick.

Northfield
Nordfeld: Alfwold from William FitzAnsculf.
District of Birmingham.
Norton Lindsay
Mortone(sic): Hervey from Robert of Stafford.

Nuneaton
Etone: Earl Aubrey; Robert d'Oilly from Thorkell of Warwick. Mill.
Market town, once a Saxon settlement at the edge of the Forest of Arden. 'Nun' was added in 1290 when a Benedictine nunnery was established.

Offord
Offeworde: Robert of Stafford and Leofing from him. Mill.

Oldberrow
Oleberge: Evesham Abbey.

Oversley
Oveslei: Fulk from Count of Meulan. Mill.
Area near Alcester.
Over Whitacre
Witacre: Walter from Hugh de Grandmesnil.

Oxhill
Octeselve: Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill.
In 1183, Robert of Stafford granted the Bordesley monks land 'on the torrent of Oxhill where my oxherds dwell'.

Packington
Patitone: Godmund from Thorkell of Warwick. 2 mills.
Now 2 villages, Little and Great Packington.
Perry Barr
Pirio: Drogo from William FitzAnsculf. Mill.
Suburb of Birmingham. The Romans built a bridge here to carry the Icknield Way over the River Tame.
Pillerton Hersey
Pilardetone: Hugh de Grandmesnil. Mill.

Pillerton Priors
Pilardetune: Waleran from Earl Hugh; St. Evoul's Abbey from Hugh de Grandmesnil.

Preston Bagot
Prestetone: Count of Meulan and Hugh from him.
Preston Bagot House.
Preston on Stour
Preston: Church of St. Denis, Paris.
17th century Alscot House.
Priors Hardwick
Herdewicke: Coventry Abbey.