Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Belvoir. You may be able to find further references to Belvoir in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Belvoir parish Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Daniel Defoe Letter 7, Part 2: East Midlands 8
John Byng A Tour in the Midlands, 1789: Biggleswade to Newark 5
William Camden Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincoln 4
Daniel Defoe Letter 8, Part 1: The Trent Valley 2
Daniel Defoe Letter 7, Part 1: Cheshire and North-West Midlands 1

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Bescaby 0 2
Bottesford 4 2
Eastwell 0 2