Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHARLEY, or Charnwood

CHARLEY, or Charnwood, an extra-parochial tract in Loughborough district, Leicester; on the Wolds, near Charnwood forest, 5¼ miles SW of Loughborough. Acres, 500. Real property, £670. Pop., 34. Houses, 5. An Augustinian friary was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by the Blanchmains; and some remains of it exist.


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

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Loughborough RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place names: CHARLEY     |     CHARLEY OR CHARNWOOD     |     CHARNWOOD
Place: Charley

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