Place:


Plungar  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plungar like this:

PLUNGAR, a parish, with a village, in the district of Bingham and county of Leicester: on the Grantham and Nottingham canal, adjacent to Notts, 4¾ miles S W of Bottesford r. station, and 10 N by E of Melton-Mowbray-Post-town, Barkston, under Nottingham. Acres, 1, 310. Real property, £1, 443. ...


Pop., 251. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £140.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church was repaired in 1829, and has a pinnacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £11; and 14 children may be sent to Barkston free school.

Plungar through time

Plungar is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plungar itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plungar, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11215

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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