A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEIRE, a village and a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester. The village stands near the Midland Counties railway, 1½ mile S by W of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4 NNW of Lutterworth; and has a postal-pillar under Lutterworth.—The parish comprises 870 acres. Real property, £2,642. Pop., 433. Houses, 102. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Countess Cowper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £294.* Patron, Countess Cowper. The church is ancient, was about to be restored in 1866, has a tower and spire, and contains a memorial E window and a handsome font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £36.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Leire AP/CP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Leire |
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