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.
BITTESWELL, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near Watling-street, 1 mile NNW of Lutterworth, and 2 ESE of Ullesthorpe r. station. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £4,384. Pop., 438. Houses, 105. The property is subdivided. There is a mineral spring. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £428.* Patrons, the Haberdashers' Company and Christ's Hospital, London. The church is good; and there are an endowed school, six alms-houses, and other charities £69.
(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: | Bitteswell CP/AP Lutterworth RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Bitteswell |
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