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Place: Barrow [-upon-Soar]
- Hundred: Goscote
- County: Leicestershire
- Total population: 10.7 households (quite small).
- Total tax assessed: 4.0 geld units (medium).
- Head of manor: Barrow on Soar I.
- Taxable units: Taxable value 51.6 geld units. Payments of 0.25 meadow, pasture, woodland.
- Value:
- Households: 77 villagers. 28 smallholders. 2 slaves. 1 female slave. 31 freemen.
- Ploughland: 12 lord's plough teams. 29.5 men's plough teams.
- Other resources: Meadow 40 acres & 3 * 2 furlongs mixed measures. Woodland 6 * 9 furlongs. 6 mills, value 2.61.
- Lord in 1066: Earl Harold.
- Lords in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester; men-at-arms, four.
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Hugh of Chester.
- Places mentioned in this entry: Barrow [-upon-Soar]; Brooksby; [Castle] Donington; Charley; Cossington; Frisby [-on-the-Wreake]; Gaddesby; Hoton; Prestwold; Rearsby; Rotherby; Seagrave; Sileby.
- Phillimore reference: 43,1