A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
OAKTHORPE, a hamlet in Stretton-en-le-Field, Church-Gresley, and Measham parishes, Derbyshire; on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, adjacent to Leicestershire, 3½ miles S W of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 715. Real property, with Donisthorpe, £2, 323. Pop. of O. alone, 654. Houses, 141. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Hastings. A colliery is worked by the Moira company. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Measham AP/CP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Oakthorpe |
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