Woodthorpe, Leicestershire
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Woodthorpe is a hamlet just south of Loughborough and former civil parish in the Charnwood district, in Leicestershire, England.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 53.[2]
In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Woodthorpe:
WOODTHORPE, a hamlet in Loughborough parish, Leicester; 1½ mile S of Loughborough. Real property, £1,236. Pop., 67. Houses, 16.[3]
Woodthorpe became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Loughborough, part also went to Quorndon and Woodhouse.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231623.
- ^ "Population statistics Woodthorpe Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Woodthorpe". www.visionofbritain.co.uk. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Woodthorpe Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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