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EASTWELL, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the Wolds, 6½ miles NNE of Melton-Mowbray town and r. station. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 346. Real property, £2, 081. Pop., 160. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £372.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.
(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: | Eastwell Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eastwell |
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