A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BARDON, an extra-parochial tract in Loughborough district, Leicester; on the Leicester and Burton railway, 10 miles by road and 14½ by railway, NW of Leicester. It has a station on the railway; and contains the Birch-Tree hotel, Bardon Park mansion, and an Independent chapel. Acres, 1, 710. Pop., 63. Houses, 13. Bardon Hill here is a peak of the Carnwood Forest range, has an altitude of 853 feet, and commands a panoramic view, said to include about one-fourth of England.Drayton sings of the dryads, "On Sharpley that were seen and Cadman's ancient rocks, Against the rising sun to braid their silver locks, And with the harmless elves on heathy Bardon's height, By Cynthia's golden beams to play there night by night."
(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: | Bardon |
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