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.
SWANNINGTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Whitwick parish, Leicester. The village stands on the Leicester and Swannington railway, in a valley encompassed by gently rising hills, and well-watered by several fine springs, 3¾ miles E by S of Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The township comprises 1,450 acres. Real property, £8,360; of which £4,132 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 822; in 1861, 1,276. Houses, 285. The manor belongs to Wyggestone's Hospital. Coal abounds, and is largely worked.—The chapelry is larger than the township. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £140.* Patron,, the Vicar of Whitwick. The church is very plain. There are national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Swannington CP/Ch Whitwick CP/AP Leicestershire AncC |
| Place: | Swannington |
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