Framland

Framland

Framland

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Framland was a hundred in north-east Leicestershire, England, roughly corresponding to today's borough of Melton. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as one of Leicestershire's four wapentakes.[1]

The name remains in use as a deanery of the Diocese of Leicester in the Church of England.

The original meeting place of the hundred was at Great Framland.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Open Domesday Online: Wapentake of Framland, accessed November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Sam Turner, Aspects of the development of public assembly in the Danelaw Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

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