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.
MARKFIELD, a village and a parish in MarketBosworth district, Leicestershire. The village stands 3 miles SE of Bardon Hill r. station, and 7½ NW of Leicester; and has a post office† under Leicester. The parish comprises 2,534 acres. Real property, £5,656; of which £432 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,1,261; in 1861, 1,391. Houses, 310. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford. Granite is quarried, and stocking-making is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500.* Patron, the Marquis of Hastings. The church is old, with tower and spire; and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1865. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, a national school built in 1862, and charities £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Markfield CP/AP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Markfield |
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