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