Towns near Peatling Magna
Kilby (2 Miles)*
Kilby - A medieval village once surrounded the church at Kilby. The church itself was built on the site of an earlier structure in the year 1858.
Arnesby (2 Miles)*
Countesthorpe (2 Miles)*
The name Countesthorpe comes from the 11th century when the area formed part of the marriage dowry of the Countess Judith niece of William the Conqueror, 'thorpe' having the gothic meaning of 'land'.
Bruntingthorpe (2 Miles)*
Shearsby (3 Miles)*
Ashby Magna (3 Miles)*
Cosby (3 Miles)*
It is difficult to trace exactly where the name Cosby stems from, but it first appears in the Domesday Book when it was spelt by the scribes as Cossebi. Historian John Nicholls, writing in 1810, described it as a 'considerable village'.
Wigston (3 Miles)*
Blaby (3 Miles)*
Much of the older part of Blaby village has been designated as a conservation area. It includes the 12th century parish church of All Saints, a thatched and timbered inn dating from about 1485.
Peatling Parva (3 Miles)*
Ketteringham (4 Miles)*
Saddington (4 Miles)*
Hethel (4 Miles)*
Whetstone (4 Miles)*
Whetstone - The 1086 Domesday Survey records Whetstone as having 24 peasants, 11 villeins, one man at arms and a windmill.
Oadby (4 Miles)*
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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