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 Seagrave at Wikimedia Commons
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