Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THURNBY

THURNBY, a parish, with two townships and a hamlet, in Billesdon district, Leicestershire; 3¾ miles E of Leicester r. station. It has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 2,740. Real property, £5,703. Pop., 375. Houses, 89. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £258. Patron, H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. The church is good; and a chapel of ease is in Stoughton. Charities, £36.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with two townships and a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thurnby CP/AP       Billesdon RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Thurnby

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