Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARLEYTHORPE

BARLEYTHORPE, a manor in Oakham parish, Rutland; 1 mile NW of Oakham. It was given to Westminster abbey by Edward the Confessor; and it belongs still to the dean and chapter of Westminster. Real property, £3,850. Pop., 168. Houses, 31.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a manor"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Rutland AncC
Place: Barleythorpe

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