Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gracedieu

Gracedieu, hamlet, Belton par., N. Leicestershire, 5 miles NE. of Ashby-de-la-Zonch; has picturesque ruins of nunnery (1236-42); in vicinity is the seat of Gracedieu Manor, which was the birthplace of Francis Beaumont (1585-1615), dramatist and poet.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Belton AP/CP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Gracedieu

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