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.
CARLTON-CURLIEW, a village and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester. The village stands on an affluent of the river Welland, 2 miles NE of Kibworth r. station, and 7½ NNW of Market-Harborough. The parish includes also the township of Ilston-on-the-Hill: and its Post Town is Great Glen, under Leicester. Acres, 2,970. Real property, £4,838. Pop., 308. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. CarltonCurliew Hall, a Tudor edifice, is the seat of Capt. F. Sutton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of peterborough. Value, £242. Patron, Sir J. H. Palmer, Bart. The church is good; and has some old monuments.
(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: | Carlton Curlieu CP/AP Billesdon RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Carlton Curlieu |
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