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.
DESFORD, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth parish, Leicester. The village stands near the Leicester and Swannington railway, 5 miles E of Market-Bosworth; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Leicester. The parish includes also the hamlet of Barrons Park. Acres, 3, 830. Real property, £5, 383. Pop., 981. Houses, 212. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £193.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a large edifice, in the Gothic style; and has a conspicuous spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and charities £33.
(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: | Desford CP/AP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Desford |
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