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MOIRA, a village in Ashby-de-la-Zouch parish, Derby; adjacent to the Leicester and Burton railway, and to the Ashby-de-la-Zonch canal, 1¾ mile E of the boundary with Derby, and 3¼ W SW of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It has a station on the railway; and many of its inhabitants are employed in coal mines. The property around it belongs to the Marquis of Hastings.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Moira |
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