Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEICESTER-FOREST (EAST and WEST)

LEICESTER-FOREST (EAST and WEST), two extraparochial tracts in Blaby district, Leicestershire; from 2½ to 5 miles S of Leicester. Acres, about 700. Real property, £1,387. Pop., 82 and 51. Houses, 16 and 9. The property is divided chiefly among three.


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

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Feature Description: "two extraparochial tracts"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Blaby Poor Law Union/Registration District       Leicestershire Ancient County
Place: Leicester Forest

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