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.
SCALFORD, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3½ miles N by E of Melton-Mowbray r. station. It has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2, 520. Real property, £3, 855. Pop, 553. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided. A Roman station was on the site of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £355.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church was restored in 1859. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £25.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Scalford AP/CP Melton Mowbray RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Scalford |
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