Dunton Bassett
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dunton Bassett
Historical Forms
- Donitone 1086 DB
- Donton 1254 Val 1308 Deed 1518 Visit 1539 Ferrers
- Donton Bassett 1539 ib
- Dunetunam 12 Nichols
- Dunton(e) c.1130 LeicSurv 1166 LN e.13 Dixie
- Dunton(e) Basset(t) 1526 Fine 1535 VE 1591 Terrier
- Duntona 1148 Nichols
- Duntun 1241 RGros
- Dounton 1403,1424 AD 1431,1447 Ferrers 1489 Pat 15 Ferrers 1537 MinAccts
- Dounton Bassett 1537 ib
- Ricardus Basset 1411 Pat
Etymology
'The farmstead or village on the hill', v. dūn , tūn . Radulfus Basset held the manor in 1166 LN and his family retained possession as late as Ricardus Basset 1411 Pat.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- All Saints' Church
- Bloomhills Fm
- Church Lane
- Cooper's Lane
- Crooked Billet
- Crown and Thistle
- Dunton Mill
- Elwells Fm
- Holmfield
- Holt Ho
- Leire Lane
- Little Lunnon
- Lodge Fm, Dunton Lodge
- Loves Lane
- Lutterworth Rd
- Main St
- Manor Ho
- Railway Hotel
- The Rise
- Shoulder of Mutton
- Station Rd
- Stokes Croft
- The Vicarage
- West Cote
- White Lodge