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.
BARWELL, a township in Blaby district, and a parish in Blaby, Hinckley, and Market-Bosworth districts, Leicester. The township lies 2 miles NNE of Hinckley r. station, and 6½ NE of Nuneaton; and has a post office under Hinckley. Acres, 2,290. Real property, £6,589. Pop., 1,358. Houses, 304. The parish includes also the hamlet of Potters-Marston and the chapelry of Stapleton. Acres, 3,950. Real property, £10,069. Pop., 1,613. Houses, 361. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Marston and Stapleton, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £865.* Patron, Rev. R. Titley. The church is ancient, and was recently restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities £22.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Market Bosworth RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Barwell |
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