Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-GOLDING

STOKE-GOLDING, a chapelry in Hinckley parish, Leicester; on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, 3¼ miles N W of Hinckley r. station. Post town, Hinckley. Acres, 1,237. Real property, £3,450. Pop., 638. Houses, 144. The manor belongs to N. Hurst, Esq. Framework-knitting is carried on. The living is a p. curacy, with Dadlington, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £350. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church is of the time of Edward I., with tower and spire; and has been thoroughly repaired. There are a free school with £106 a year, and charities £50.


(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: Hinckley Tn/AP/CP       Stoke Golding CP/Ch       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Stoke Golding

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