Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Breedon on the Hill. You may be able to find further references to Breedon on the Hill in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Breedon township Bartholomew
Breedon on the Hill parish Bartholomew
BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL a village and a township Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Breedon on the Hill.

Place Type of entry Source
GRIFFYDAM a hamlet Imperial
Grlffydam hamlet with school Bartholomew
LOUNT a hamlet Imperial
NEWBOLD a liberty Imperial
Staunton Harrold township Bartholomew
STAUNTON-HARROLD a township Imperial
Tonge hamlet with railway station Bartholomew
TONGE a hamlet Imperial
Wilson hamlet Bartholomew
WILSON a hamlet Imperial
WORTHINGTON a township-chapelry, with three hamlets Imperial
Worthington and Newbold township Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Worthington 0 2
Staunton Harold 0 2
Langley Priory 0 2
Isley Walton 0 2
Osgathorpe 0 2
Melbourne 2 2
Calke 0 2
Derby Hills 0 2
Belton 0 2
Thringstone 0 2
Kings Newton 0 2
Diseworth 0 2
Gracedieu 0 2
Coleorton 2 2
Castle Donington 3 3
Ticknall 0 3
Stanton By Bridge 0 2
Swannington 0 2
Weston upon Trent 0 2
Smisby 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Breedon on the Hill. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
BREEDON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
BREEDON ON THE HILL John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.