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FROWLESWORTH, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near the river Soar, the Midland railway, and the Fosse way, 2 miles SSW of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 5 NNW of Lutterworth. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 1, 496. Real property, £3, 635. Pop., 291. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £457.* Patron, the Rev. S. L. Noble. The church is ancient and tolerable. Chief Baron Smith's alms-houses have £541; and other charities £3.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Frolesworth Parish Lutterworth Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Frolesworth |
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