Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRACEDIEU

GRACEDIEU, a hamlet in Belton parish, Leicester; on Charnwood Forest canal, 5 miles ENE of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Real property, £1, 906. Pop., 32. An August - inian nunnery was founded here, in the 13th century, by Roesia de Verdun; and came to the Beaumonts, one of whom, a native, was Francis Beaumont the poet. Gracedieu manor, on the site of the nunnery, is an ornamental chateau, of somewhat foreign aspect, the seat of A.L. M. Phillipps de Lisle, Esq. A Roman Catholic chapel is attached to the mansion; is in the pointed style of the time of Henry VII.; and consists of nave, chancel, and N aisle. There is also, in the neighbourhood, a Trappist monastery.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Belton AP/CP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Gracedieu

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