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Towns in Leicestershire
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Ab Kettleby
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Allexton
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Anstey
Anstey's role as a southern gateway to the Charnwood Forest is shown by the 15th century Packhorse Bridge, just a mere 5 feet wide, straddling Rothley River. |
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Appleby Magna
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Arnesby
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Ashby de la Zouch
The unusual name of Ashby de la Zouch is derived from the Breton nobleman, who inherited the estate through marriage in the 12th century. Ashby developed into a Spa town in the 19th century. |
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Ashby Magna
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Ashby Parva
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Ashfordby
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Ashwell
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Aston Flamville
Aston Flamville - The small church of St. Peters was considerably rebuilt in 1874, but retained one of the original Norman windows. |
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Aylestone
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Bagworth
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Bardon
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Barlestone
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Barrow-on-Soar
Barrow is on the east bank of the Soar, with good mooring and shopping facilities, a pleasant stopping point for boaters. Barrow can trace its roots back to at least Roman times. The much restored Holy Trinity Church is of 14th century origin. |
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Barrowden
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Barsby
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Barwell
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Belgrave
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Belton
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Belton
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Belvoir
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Billesdon
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Birstall
Birstall has become a major dormitory area for Leicester, but there are several examples of its earlier history in evidence. |
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Bitteswell
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Blaby
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. |
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Bottesford
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Braunston
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Braunstone
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Breedon on the Hill
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Brooke
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Brooksby
Brooksby is now home to the county's Agricultural College, but was once the seat of the Villiers family. Its most famous son, George, born in 1592 at Brooksby, rose to be the favourite of two Stuart monarchs. |
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Broughton Astley
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Bruntingthorpe
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Buckminster
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Burbage
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Burley
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Burton on the Wolds
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Burton Overy
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Cadeby
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Carlby
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Carlton
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Casterton
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Castle Donington
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Catthorpe
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Chadwell
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Chilcote
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Church Langton
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Claybrooke Parva
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Clipsham
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Coalville
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Coleorton
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Congerstone
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Cosby
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'. |
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Coston
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Cotesbach
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Cottesmore
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Countesthorpe
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'. |
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Croft
Croft is a village of interest and character dominated by extensive quarry working which provide high quality granite. These workings are reputed to have been used for the Fosse Way. |
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Cropston
Cropston is a picturesque village, close to the late 19th century reservoir, which takes its name from the village. |
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Croxton Kerrial
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Dadlington
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Desford
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Diseworth
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Donisthorpe
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East Langton
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East Norton
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Eastwell
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Eaton
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Edith Weston
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Edmondthorpe
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Elmesthorpe
The parish of Elmesthorpe has strong connections with King Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth. |
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Empingham
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Enderby
Enderby - The St. Johns area of the parish is separated from the main village, which is where the ancient village of Aldeby stood. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, this village was deserted probably in the 12th century. |
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Essendine
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Evington
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Exton
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Foxton
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Freeby
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Frisby on the Wreak
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Gaddesby
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Gilmorton
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Glen Parva
Glen Parva - The Manor House is of interest, dating back to the 14th century and local records suggest that the ill-fated King Charles I stayed there after the Battle of Naseby. |
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Glenfield
Glenfield has a prominent place in railway history, with the opening of the Swannington Leicester line, the first railway line south of Manchester. |
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Gloostone
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Goadby
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Goadby Marwood
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Great Bowden
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Great Dalby
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Great Easton
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Great Glen
Great Glen is a historic village located in the beautiful South Leicestershire countryside. Perfect for a great day out, Great Glen offers visitors many things to visit/do, including: Wistow Maze and Rural centre, a large village Library |
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Great Stretton
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Greetham
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Grimston
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Gumley
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Hallaton
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Harby
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Hathern
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Heather
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Hethel
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Higham on the Hill
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Hinckley
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Hoby
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Holwell
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Horninghold
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Hose
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Houghton on the Hill
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Hugglescote
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Humberstone
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Hungerton
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Husbands Bosworth
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Ibstock
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Illston on the Hill
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Kegworth
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Ketteringham
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Ketton
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Kibworth Harcourt
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Kilby
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. |
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Kirby Muxloe
One of the country's most important monuments is in the parish of Kirby Muxloe. Built in the late 15th century by Lord Hastings, who was executed in 1483 before the building was completed, Kirby Muxloe Castle now has a Grade I listing. |
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Kirkby Mallory
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Knipton
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Knossington
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Langham
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Leicester
Leicester is one of the few cities in England that can trace its growth from the Iron Age. In Leicester you can travel through the ages, and learn about the history of the city in its excellent Museums, and by taking an Old Town Heritage Trail |
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Liddington
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Little Dalby
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Little Stretton
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Loddington
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Long Clawson
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Long Whatton
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Loughborough
Loughborough, with its unique atmosphere and wealth of historic buildings, is the principal town of the Borough of Charnwood, which is one of the largest Boroughs within Leicestershire. |
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Lowesby
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Lubenham
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Lutterworth
Lutterworth is an attractive town with some well preserved half-timbered buildings and an 18th century bridge, which spans the River Swift in a series of three arches. |
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Manton
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Marefield
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Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth, was recorded in the Domesday Book and has been an important market town since the middle ages. The famous Battle of Bosworth, which ended the Wars of the Roses in 1485, took place nearby. |
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Market Harborough
Market Harborough is a rare example of a planned medieval 'new town'. Market Harborough was created in the 12th century especially to be a market and promote local trade. |
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Market Overton
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Markfield
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Measham
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Medbourne
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Melton Mowbray
The Market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, perhaps most famous for its Pork Pies, is situated in Fox Hunting country, where the three hunts The Quorn, The Belvoir and the Cottesmore meet. |
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Moira
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Morcott
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Mountsorrel
Mountsorrel is situated on the old A6 route, seven miles north of Leicester and four miles from Loughborough. |
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Mowsley
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Narborough
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Nether Broughton
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Newbold Verdon
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Newtown Limford
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Newtown Linford
Newtown Linford is set against a backdrop of the Charnwood woodlands, making it a very photogenic village with its thatched dwellings and timbered style buildings. |
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Normanton
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Normanton upon Soar
Normanton on Soar is a small, pretty, well kept 12th century village which sits on the border of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. |
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North Kilworth
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North Luffenham
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Norton juxta Twycross
Norton juxta Twycross today is a quiet and peaceful little village in Leicestershire, close to the Warwickshire border and is bounded on the east side by the Ashby Canal. |
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Oadby
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Oakham
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Old Dalby
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Osgathorpe
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Owston
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Packington
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Peatling Magna
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Peatling Parva
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Preston
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Queniborough
Queniborough is a pleasing conservation village with visible links back to the Civil War period. A 175 feet high crocketed spire, acknowledged by Pevsner to be one of the finest in Leicestershire, caps St. Mary's Church. |
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Quorn
Quorn is known world-wide for its link with Hugo Meynell, a dominant figure in English foxhunting who lived at Quorn Hall from 1753-1800. |
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Ragdale
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Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe is sited between the banks of the River Wreake and the main A46 highway. Home to Ratcliffe College, started by Pugin in 1844 as the first Roman Catholic College in England since the Reformation. |
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Ravenstone
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Rearsby
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Redmile
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Ridlington
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Rothley
Rothley is another stop on the Great Central Railway, a quiet village on the eastern edge of the Charnwood Forest, originally built around Rothley Brook, a tributary of the Soar. |
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Ryhall
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Saddington
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Saltby
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Sapcote
The name Sapcote could have an agricultural connection with Sheepcote or with Soapwell, a well in Station Road where in 1806 a bath house was built by John Frewen Turner. |
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Saxby
The Great County of Leicestershire lies at the very heart of the nation with history woven into the very fabric of its landscape. |
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Saxelby
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Scalford
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Seagrave
Seagrave is situated just minutes from the busy A46; it is a secluded and picturesque village, with red roofed houses and distinctive church. |
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Seaton
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Sewstern
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Shackerstone
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Sharnford
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Shearsby
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Sheepy
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Shenton
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Shepshed
Shepshed stands to the west of the M1 motorway and was formerly dominated by the hosiery industry. It still offers factory outlet shopping for knitwear and sports clothing. |
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Sibson
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Sileby
Sileby is situated on the eastern side of the Soar Valley, it is a mix of residential and light industry. |
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Skeffington
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Slawston
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Snarestone
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Somerby
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South Luffenham
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Sprowston
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Sproxton
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Stapleford
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Stathern
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Stockerston
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Stoke Golding
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Stonesby
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Stoney Stanton
Stoney Stanton has a long history of stone quarrying going back to the Romans. After the Second World War the quarrying business came to an end, but not before thousands of tons of rock had been extracted, leaving deep water filled areas. |
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Swannington
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Swinford
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Swithland
Swithland is a pleasant Forest village close to both the Woods and Reservoir, which also bear its name. The village is known well beyond Charnwood for its dark blue slate, which produced roofing material from the times of the Romans to the 19th century. |
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Syston
In Victorian times Syston was a busy cattle dealing town. There is still evidence of the late 18th century development in its conservation area around the parish church of St. Peter. |
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Theddingworth
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Thornton
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Thorpe Langton
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Thorpe Satchville
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Thringstone
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Thrussington
Thrussington has some interesting 18th century properties surrounding the village green. It is the birthplace in 1782, of artist, John Ferneley, who depicted much of Leicestershire's 19th century hunting scene. |
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Thurcaston
Thurcaston claims to be the birthplace of the martyred Tudor Bishop, Hugh Latimer. As a youth, he may well have been familiar with All Saints Church, parts of which date back to Norman times. |
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Thurnby
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Tickencote
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Tilton on the Hill
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Tinwell
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Tonge
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Tugby
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Tur Langton
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Twycross
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Twyford
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Ullesthorpe
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Upper Hambleton
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Uppingham
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Waltham on the Wolds
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Walton
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Walton-on-the-Wolds
Walton-on-the-Wolds was the home in the 19th century of Augustus Hobart-Hampden, better known as Hobart Pasha, who had an adventurous naval career. |
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Wartnaby
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Whetstone
Whetstone - The 1086 Domesday Survey records Whetstone as having 24 peasants, 11 villeins, one man at arms and a windmill. |
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Whitwick
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Wigston
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Wigston Parva
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Wing
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Withcote
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Woodhouse Eaves
Woodhouse Eaves is at the heart of the Charnwood Forest. Close to Beacon Hill (818 feet high), where once existed an Iron Age settlement. |
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Worthington
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Wymeswold
Wymeswold lies a few miles to the north east of Loughborough. It is now a large and popular conservation village, with some fine Georgian buildings, over 30 of the houses are now Grade 2 listed buildings. |
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Wymondham
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