Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROLLESTON

ROLLESTON, a chapelry in Billesdon parish, Leicester; 1¾ mile S S E of Billesdon, and 5¾ N E of Kibworth r. station. Post-town, Billesdon, under Leicester. Pop., 42. Houses, 10. The manor, with R. Hall, belongs to Mrs. Heap. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Billesdon. The church is good; and on the S side ofit is a well-preserved ancient cross.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Billesdon AP/CP       Rolleston Ch/CP/Tn       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Rolleston

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