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.
BUCKMINSTER, a village and a parish in MeltonMowbray district, Leicester. The village stands on the verge of the county, 4½ miles NNW of Brooksby r. station, and 9½ ENE of Melton-Mowbray. The parish includes also the chapelry of Sewstern; and its Post Town is Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 3,053. Real property, £2,858. Pop., 655. Houses, 144. Buckminster Park, with a fine Grecian mansion of 1798, is the seat of the Earl of Dysart. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Sewstern, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £161.* Patron, the Earl of Dysart. The church is ancient, of various dates; and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £48.
(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: | Buckminster CP/AP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Buckminster |
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