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.
COLE-ORTON, a parish in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester; near the Leicester and Swannington railway and Charnwood forest, 3 miles E by N of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Post town, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 1, 999. Real property, £9, 058; of which £3, 837 are in mines. Pop., 626. Houses, 136. The property is divided among a few. Cole-Orton Hall is the seat of Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart. Coal has been worked for many centuries. The parish is a meet for the Donington hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £267.* Patron, Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart. The church has a fine spire; was recently restored; and contains monuments of the Beaumonts. Beaumont's hospital and school have £175 from endowment; and other charities £11.
(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: | Coleorton CP/AP Ashby de la Zouch RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Coleorton |
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