Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DISHLEY-CUM-THORPACRE

DISHLEY-CUM-THORPACRE, a parish in Loughborough district, Leicester; adjacent to the river Soar and the Midland railway, 1½ mile NW of Loughborough. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 890. Real property, £1, 742. Pop., 194. Houses, 54. Bakewell, the distinguished agricultural improver, lived and laboured here; and has bequeathed to the place marked benefits of his skill. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £150.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church was built in 1845. A school has £11 from endowment, and other charities £11.


(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: Thorpe Acre and Dishley CP/AP       Loughborough RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Dishley

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