Place-Name Form: magnu[m] port[um] ex oppo[s]ito Belmotepole
Loading...
The map is limited to 50000 records so not all place-names are being displayed for this area. Zoom in to see more.
Modern Name
Belmot
Type
Farm or estate
Grid Reference
SK 19551 26361
Parish
Tutbury
County
Staffordshire
Source
SC6/988/19
Source Full Title
[Tutbury Honor]: [Stafford] Tutbury, &c. (as in SC 6/988/14): [Stafford] Description of Officer: Divers Ministers
Source Location
TNA
Source Catalogue Reference
SC/988/19
Source URL
Date
1408-1410 (10 to 11 Hen IV)
Notes
John of Gaunt built a hunting lodge with pool/moat at Belmote in 1370s including chambers (1374) and a private oratory (1378): VCH Staffordshire X, pp. 5, 41. Belmote was one of the forest gates in 1559: VCH Staffordshire X, p. 88.