Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Woodhouse

Woodhouse, township and vil., Barrow upon Soar par., Leicestershire - township (containing Woodhouse Eaves, vil.), 3980 ac., pop. 1288; vil., 3½ miles S. of Loughborough. The church (restored 1858) is a 13th century structure. There is a richly endowed school.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Barrow upon Soar AP/Tn/CP       Woodhouse CP/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Woodhouse

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