Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TWYFORD

TWYFORD, a parish, with a village and a chapelry, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 6 miles SSW of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray-Acres, 2,420. Real property, £4,539 Pop., 543. Houses, 114. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Hungerton. The church was restored in 1849. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £34.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Twyford CP/AP       Melton Mowbray RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Twyford

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