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TWYFORD, a parish, with a village and a chapelry, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 6 miles SSW of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray-Acres, 2,420. Real property, £4,539 Pop., 543. Houses, 114. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Hungerton. The church was restored in 1849. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £34.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Twyford Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Twyford |
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