A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BROADGATE, or Bradgate Park, an extra-parochial tract in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire; 5 miles NW of Leicester. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £1,027. Pop., 9. House, 1. The land is chiefly forest. This was part of the manor of Groby; belonged to successively the Earls of Leicester, the Earls of Winton, and the Lords Grey of Groby; and was the birth place of Lady Jane Grey. A large and splendid mansion stood on it; and some picturesque ruins of the edifice still remain, along with a chapel containing a fine monument of the Greys.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial tract" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Barrow upon Soar RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place names: | BRADGATE PARK | BROADGATE | BROADGATE OR BRADGATE PARK |
| Place: | Bradgate Park |
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