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Place: Barkestone[-le-Vale]
- Hundred: Framland
- County: Leicestershire
- Total population: 53 households (very large).
- Total tax assessed: 15 geld units (very large).
- Taxable units: Taxable value 15 geld units.
- Value: Value to lord in 1086 £5. Value to lord c. 1070 £4.
- Households: 18 villagers. 2 smallholders. 7 slaves. 25 freemen. 1 priest.
- Ploughland: 15 ploughlands (tre). 3 lord's plough teams. 11 men's plough teams.
- Lords in 1066: Leofric <of Bottesford>; Osmund (Benz); Oswulf (son of Frani); Rolf.
- Lord in 1086: Robert of Tosny.
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny.
- Phillimore reference: 15,4