Seagrave

For the American manufacturer of emergency equipment, see Seagrave Fire Apparatus.

Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of around 500. It is north of Sileby and close to Thrussington and Barrow upon Soar.

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Henry de Ferrers^[1] by King William I. The land consisted of work for one plough and four acres of meadow.

References

Notes

^ Williams & Haward Martin 2003, pp. 656–7

Bibliography

Williams, Ann; Haward Martin, Geoffrey (2003), Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-143994-7

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seagrave Seagrave] at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood \| Leicestershire \| England, UK

Towns	Loughborough • Shepshed • Syston

Large villages	Anstey • Barrow upon Soar • Birstall • East Goscote • Mountsorrel • Quorn • Rothley • Sileby • Thurmaston

Small villages	Barkby • Beeby • Burton on the Wolds • Cossington • Cropston • Hathern • Hoton • Newtown Linford • Queniborough • Ratcliffe on the Wreake • Rearsby • Seagrave • South Croxton • Swithland • Thrussington • Thurcaston • Ulverscroft • Walton on the Wolds • Wanlip • Woodhouse • Woodhouse Eaves • Wymeswold

Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe • Cotes • Prestwold