Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whetstone

Whetstone.-- par. and vil., Leicestershire - par., 1680 ac., pop. 1186; vil., 2½ miles NW. of Countesthorpe sta. and 5½ miles SW. of Leicester; p. 0.; has framework knitting.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whetstone CP/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Whetstone

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