Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Launde

Launde, par., in co. and 11 miles E. of Leicester, 1640 ac., pop. 67; contains the seat of Launde Abbey.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Launde CP/ExP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Launde

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