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.
RATBY, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicestershire. The village stands near the Leicester and Swannington railway, 5 miles W by N of Leicester; is irregularly built; and has a station on the railway. The parish contains also the hamlets of Groby, Botcheston, and Newtown-Unthank; and its post town is Leicester. Acres, 5, 410. Real property, £8, 839; of which £825 are in quarries. Pop., 1, 264. Houses, 261. The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford. A Roman camp is about a mile W of the village. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Groby, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300. Patron, the Earl of Stamford. The church is large, and has a massive tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £1 9.
(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: | Ratby CP/AP Market Bosworth RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Ratby |
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