Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILLESLEY

WILLESLEY, a parish in the district of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and county of Derby; 1½ mile SSW of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. Post town, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 910. Real property, £1,233. Pop., 45. Houses, 9. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to Lady E. M. A. Hastings. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £65. Patron, Lady E. M. A. Hastings. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Willesley CP/AP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Willesley

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