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SNIBSTON, A hamlet in Packington parish, Leicester; near the Swannington railway, 4½ miles SE of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Pop., 595. Houses, 110. The manor belongs to Lady Edith Hastings. Coal is extensively worked. There is a very old chapel of ease.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "A hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Leicestershire AncC |
Place: | Snibston |
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