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SIXHILLS, or Segshill, a place in Dalby-on-the-Wolds parish, Leicester; near the Fosse way, 7 miles WNW of Melton-Mowbray. Many barrows and high earthworks are here; and the adjacent part of the Fosse way is high-ridged and paved.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Leicestershire AncC |
Place names: | SEGSHILL | SIXHILLS | SIXHILLS OR SEGSHILL |
Place: | Six Hills |
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