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.
AB-KETTLEBY, a township and a parish in Melton Mowbray district, Leicester. The township lies on an affluent of the river Wreak, at Broughton hill, 2¾ miles N by E of Asfordby r. station, and 3 NW by N of Melton-Mowbray; and has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Pop., 224. Houses, 50. The parish contains also the township of Holwell. Acres, 2,920. Rated property, £1,805. Pop., 371. Houses, 82. The property is sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, not reported. Patron, Rev. T. Bingham. The church belonged anciently to Laund priory, was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ab Kettleby AP/CP Melton Mowbray RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Ab Kettleby |
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