Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WITHCOTE

WITHCOTE, a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester; 4½ miles SW of Oakham r. station. Post town, Oakham. Acres, 777. Real property, £1,168. Pop., 45. Houses, 5. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to F. Palmer, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £133. Patron, F. Palmer, Esq. The church is of the 15th century.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Withcote CP/AP       Billesdon RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Withcote

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