Leicestershire official name Birstall population 11,480 population ref 2001 shire district Charnwood borough Charnwood shire county Leicestershire region East Midlands constituency westminster Charnwood ... park Harrogate park Golf club Birstall Golf Club founded in 1901 one of the first golf clubs in Leicestershire ref http www.birstallgolfclub.co.uk Birstall Golf Club , accessed 25 July 2008 ref ... to Birstall is Wanlip , a smaller village, with the village of Rothley, Leicestershire Rothley ... , Belgium References Commons category Birstall, Leicestershire references Towns and villages of Charnwood Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire fr BirstallLeicestershire it BirstallLeicestershire nl Birstall pl BirstallLeicestershire ... dial code os grid reference SK596088 Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire , England . It is three miles north of the Leicester city centre and is part ... only marginally lower than the neighbouring town of Syston as of the 2001 Census. The Village Birstall ... from the north. Birstall thus forms part of the Leicester Urban Area . The village centre lies just ... Catholic church and Birstall Methodist Church. There is a large housing estate in the north west of the village ... Birstall village centre. The Great Central Railway steam railway has its southern terminus near the village ... the boundary of the southern end of Birstall Golf Club. To the north of the village, the A6 meets the A46 ... the Soar Valley , and so on to the North of England. The symbol of Birstall is a Cedar tree. ref name parish http birstall.leicestershireparishcouncils.org Birstall Parish Council , accessed 26 July ... Birstall Hall. The local Air Training Corps unit is 1947 Birstall Squadron. Area of Parish convert 791 acre km2 History Image Birstall Church.jpg left thumb Birstall parish church, St James the Great on Church Hill. Here lies the grave of John Hannah VC . The name Birstall comes from the Old English ... more details
There are at least two places called BirstallBirstall, LeicestershireBirstall, West Yorkshire geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. de Birstall fr Birstall it Birstall pl Birstall ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Rugby team teamname Birstall image fullname Birstall Rugby Football Club nickname location Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall , England countryflag England founded 1975 ground Longslade Community College capacity chairman Andy Bonser rugby director coach Chris Byrne Club captain Chris Barbrook league Leicestershire Div 2 season 2010 11 position url www.birstallrfc.co.uk pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 pattern so1 leftarm1 body1 rightarm1 shorts1 Birstall Rugby Football Club is a men s senior rugby union club based in Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall , Leicestershire . The Club currently plays in the Leicestershire leagues. History Birstall Rugby Club was formed when teachers at a local senior school wanted to provide former pupils with a club in which they could continue playing rugby. A number of clubs were formed by ex pupils of schools within Leicestershire .... Following the loss of their use of their school playing fields in 1952, the club moved to Birstall village park and introduced the game to Birstall for the first time. The club were, by all accounts ... to thrive and the club folded in 1956. Birstall had to wait for another 10 years to pass before the game returned with the formation of a new club in 1965. The club took the village name as Birstall RFC, played on the village park and changed in the scout hut. As the village of Birstall began to grow ... the game. It was decided to affiliate the new club with Birstall Community College thus avoiding the old ... by a number of key individuals kept the club afloat and, by the end of the 1999 2000 season, Birstall RFC were proudly crowned champions of the Leicestershire Merit Table. During the early part of the millennium Birstall started to feel the pinch like so many local sides. Raising enough players to field ... years. Club Honours Leicestershire League Division 3 Winners 2008 9 Leicestershire Merit League Winners 2009 10 Category Sport in Leicestershire Category English rugby union teams Category Rugby clubs ... more details
Birstall Priory was a priory in West Yorkshire , England . References Reflist coord missing West Yorkshire Category Monasteries in West Yorkshire WestYorkshire struct stub UK Christian monastery stub ... more details
. Some of the larger of Leicestershire s villages are Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall ...For the former parliamentary constituency Leicestershire UK Parliament constituency Infobox England county name Leicestershire image File County Flag of Leicestershire.png 200px motto For ard, For ard map File Leicestershire UK locator map 2010.svg 200px Leicestershire within England status Ceremonial ... shire counties of England by Area Ranked 20th adminarea km2 2083 adminhq Glenfield, Leicestershire ... counties RNK Leicestershire popestdate English statistics year pop English cerem counties POP Leicestershire density km2 English cerem counties DEN Leicestershire adminpoprank List of non metropolitan counties of England by population Ranked English admin counties RNK Leicestershire adminpop English admin counties POP Leicestershire ethnicity 85.0 White br 11.9 S.Asian br 1.2 Black British br 1.5 Mixed Race council Image Leicsarms.PNG 200px Arms of Leicestershire County Council br Leicestershire County Council br http www.leics.gov.uk exec English county control CTY Leicestershire mps Stephen ... UK L subdivmap Image Leicestershire Ceremonial Numbered.png 200 x 208px subdivs Charnwood borough ... North West Leicestershire Leicester Unitary Leicestershire IPAc en audio En leicestershire.ogg ... unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county ... . County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire Glenfield , about 3 miles 5 km north west of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county ... point where Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire meet . A large part of the north ... purpurea Foxglove as the county flower . History Main History of LeicestershireLeicestershire ..., the first recorded use of the name was as Laegrecastrescir . Leicestershire s external boundaries have ... both to administrative Districts of England districts of Leicestershire. These actions were reversed ... more details
Infobox football club clubname Birstall United image caption fullname Birstall United Football Club nickname shortname founded dissolved ground capacity chairman manager league Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division season 2010 11 position Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division, 9th Birstall United Football Club is an England English association football football club based in Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall , near Leicester , in Leicestershire .. The club are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. History The club joined Division Two of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1976. ref fchd id BIRSTALU name Birstall United ref They won it in their first season and were promoted to Division One, which became the Premier Division in 1983. In 1998 99 they missed out on the title on goal difference. In the late 2000s they were relegated to Division One. Honours Leicestershire Senior League Division Two champions 1976 77 References reflist Leicestershire Senior League Coord 52 40 51.16 N 1 06 53.13 W region GB type landmark display title England footyclub stub Category English football clubs Category Leicestershire Senior League Category Sport in Leicestershire ... more details
name Belgrave and Birstall gridref SK587082 image File Belgrave&Birstall 1782711.jpg 300px caption Belgrave and Birstall station in 1962 manager Great Central Railway owner London and North Eastern Railway br London Midland Region of British Railways br locale Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall borough ... of the railway. It served the villages of Belgrave, Leicestershire Belgrave and Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall in Leicestershire . Route description Curving south of milepost 99, the line continues ... and Birstall railway station was a railway station opened by the Great Central Railway in 1899 in rail ... of Belgrave and Birstall railway station by the Great Central Railway preserved preserved Great Central ... the former running lines to pass between each of the Belgrave and Birstall station bridge arches. ref ... of Belgrave and Birstall station , http www.railwayarchive.org.uk ref Leicester North station consists ... as the bricked up entrance archway of the old Belgrave and Birstall station. The current bufferstops ... information ref History Belgrave and Birstall station Belgrave and Birstall station was built as a part .... Citation needed date June 2007 Built within the tight constraints of a cutting, Belgrave and Birstall ... After closure Belgrave and Birstall station closed on 1 March 1963 ref name ML002 Main Line, No.2 ... formed the Belgrave and Birstall Action Group B BAG in the late 1960s with the aim of restoring ... to Belgrave and Birstall station as seen in 2003 Restoration work at the station began in June 1972 ... , in 1973, one of the two tracks between Belgrave and Birstall and stnlnk Rothley was lifted, leaving ... to Belgrave and Birstall station. ref name History Ever present vandalism continued to leave the station ... archway remains to this day, though bricked up, as can be seen on recent photographs. The Birstall ... as far as Birstall, and as such GCR76 had the legal power to lay new track from its Rothley rail head to the platform at Birstall . By summer 1984 it was felt that the railway s finances were now viable ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 infobox UK place country England official name Birstall map type West ... 200px static image caption small The Joseph Priestley Statue at Birstall Market Place small Birstall is a large village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees , West Yorkshire , England and situated ... centrally between Leeds, Bradford , Huddersfield and Wakefield close to the M62 motorway , Birstall ... , Next clothing Next and Showcase Cinemas complex. Birstall does not feature in the Domesday Book but is alluded .... Prior to 1937, Birstall had its own Urban district Urban District Council when financial discrepancies ... stated that there was once a common phrase cahr quiet li the do i Birstall . However, no reason was given for why Birstall was associated with keeping quiet, although locals insist that it is because no Birstall Luddite s were ever arrested. A more recent version of this phrase is tha bess says nowt lahk fowk in Birstall do . History Birstall s name means either the fortified place or the place ... was, in fact, built above a sharp bend on the Birstall Beck, below Gomersall, pre Conquest known as Guthmers ... of Birstall Hill. This site was chosen for its central location amongst the nearby waterways and its ... is the Roman Road of Tong Street. This location would give Birstall a great geographical advantage, making ... at Birstall Smithies, a former early industrial slag smelting site, during excavations in 1965. This and a hoard of Roman coins discovered at the foot of Carr Lane, on what was then Birstall Recreation ground indicate quite succinctly as to the prehistoric origins of Birstall. These coins ... on the Ridge or Brae of the hill. One side overlooked the Birstall area, while the other looked downwards .... There were only a handful of these places in Anglo Saxon Britain, with Birstall having been ... meets annually to this day, and forms the historic place of Parliament for that independent island. Birstall ... other things. Priestley was tutored extensively by the then Vicar of Birstall, a highly educated Edinburgh ... more details
Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name Birstall Shopping Park image Birstallshoppingparklogo.png image width caption location Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall , West Yorkshire , United Kingdom address Birstall Shopping Park, Holdening Way, Birstall, Batley , West Yorkshire, WF17 9DT coordinates Coord ... Limited ref name Kier Northern Projects Birstall Retail Park, Leeds cite web title Kier Northern Projects Birstall Retail Park, Leeds publisher Kier Group url http www.kier.co.uk construction projects details.asp?p 112&co 4&x 1 accessdate 2010 09 03 ref manager Denis Copeland ref name Birstall Shopping Park Park Information Questions How can I contact the Manager cite web title Birstall Shopping Park Park Information Questions How can I contact the Manager publisher Birstall Shopping Park url ... The Birstall Co ownership Trust British Land , Hercules Unit Trust ref name Completely Retail architect Corstorphine & Wright Main Body of Park ref name Kier Northern Projects Birstall Retail Park, Leeds number of stores 22 ref name Birstall Shopping Park Park Plan cite web title Birstall Shopping Park Store Directory Floor Plan publisher Birstall Shopping Park url http www.birstallshoppingpark.co.uk ... sq ft ref name Completely Retail cite web title Birstall Shopping Park Retail Warehousing Scheme ... Site footnotes Birstall Shopping Park is a shopping park located in Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall , Batley , West Yorkshire . ref name Completely Retail cite web title Birstall Shopping Park Homepage publisher Birstall Shopping Park url http www.birstallshoppingpark.co.uk index.html accessdate ... of the complex, however it is considered as a part of Birstall Shopping Park and is under common ..., between Birstall and Gildersome . The town of Morley, West Yorkshire Morley is located close by, as is the boundary ... 27 cite web title Google Maps Gelderd Road, M62 Junction 27 Near Birstall, Batley year 2010 publisher Google Maps url http local.google.co.uk maps?f q&source s q&hl en&geocode &q Birstall, Batley&sll ... more details
side of the B4114 road B4114 between Fosse Shopping Park and Narborough, Leicestershire Narborough ... parishes of Lubbesthorpe , Glen Parva , Narborough, Leicestershire Narborough , Whetstone, Leicestershire ... 2010 to South Leicestershire Constituency. It is represented by the Conservative Party UK Conservative ... cricketer for Leicestershire . Crime Enderby was the location where Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered ... Leicestershire Constabulary Headquarters and Palmers Garden Centre, opened on 16 November 2009. It has ... Street , Birstall Park & Ride Site. http quicksilverbus.co.uk park and ride leicester enderby Timetable ..., Hinckley, Nuneaton and Birmingham. External links Commons category Enderby, Leicestershire http ... and villages of Blaby Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire it Enderby Leicestershire nl Enderby pl Enderby Leicestershire ... more details
College students go to Longslade Community College at Birstall, LeicestershireBirstall . They may also go Brookvale in Groby , or Rawlins Community College in Quorn, Leicestershire Quorn Out of catchment ... Charnwood shire county Leicestershire region East Midlands constituency westminster Charnwood UK Parliament ... Anstey is a large semi industrialised village in Leicestershire , England, located north west of Leicester ... Brook , Castle Hill Park and the A46 road A46 , and it borders the villages of Glenfield, Leicestershire ... and IX archers . ref name autogenerated1 http www.leicestershirevillages.com anstey 17052.html Leicestershire ... a more important part of the village s work between 1860 and 1900, and the first employer in Leicestershire ..., Brian J. 1977 Portrait of Leicestershire , Robert Hale Limited, London, ISBN 0 7091 6005 4, p ... the position of Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, and the local high school is named after them ... at around the middle of Link Road, Anstey, Leicestershire. The Village Anstey still retains some of the charm ... for local businesses, including from the Birstall and Glenfield areas. Recently there has ... reader submitted articles. Local Area Nearby Glenfield, Leicestershire Glenfield is the home of Leicestershire ... and Cricket teams, who play in the local leagues. Anstey and Glenfield CC play in the Leicestershire ... at Stadon Road, in the Leicestershire League. Anstey has three recreation grounds the main park The Reccy ... , Cropston , and Quorn, Leicestershire Quorn . The nearest network railway station is at Leicester ..., Leicestershire Newtown Linford Groby Cropston Beaumont Leys Notes Reflist References Courtney ... and villages of Charnwood Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Article Feedback 5 it Anstey Leicestershire nl Anstey Leicestershire pl Anstey Leicestershire ... more details
Unreferenced stub date August 2010 Coord 52 45 4.00 N 1 11 47.50 W region GB type city display title Woodthorpe is a hamlet in Leicestershire, just south of Loughborough . Category Villages in Leicestershire Leicestershire geo stub pl Woodthorpe Leicestershire ... more details
Charley is a civil parish located in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire , England . According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 203. It is set within the Charnwood Forest . A quarry within the parish was the source of Charley Forest whetstones ref 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica ref . Charley is near to Shepshed , Bawdon Lodge , Copt Oak and Whitwick . References reflist coord 52.728 1.300 region GB display title External links Commons category inline Charley, Leicestershire Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in LeicestershireLeicestershire geo stub pl Charley Leicestershire Charnwood Forest was previously known as the foreste of Charley. ... more details
Garthorpe is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire , England , in the Melton borough Melton district. It is about five miles east of Melton Mowbray . The parish includes the villages of Garthorpe and Coston, Leicestershire Coston , and is near Saxby, Leicestershire Saxby in Freeby parish , Wymondham , Buckminster and Sproxton, Leicestershire Sproxton . The parish has a population of about 100 http www.leics.gov.uk Garthorpe.pdf See also St Mary s Church, Garthorpe coord 52.779 0.767 region GB display title Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in LeicestershireLeicestershire geo stub pl Garthorpe ... more details
Frisby is a hamlet, deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 26. The modern hamlet is situated between Gaulby and Billesdon , the ancient village site is nearby to the south east, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument . External links Commons category inline Frisby, LeicestershireLeicestershire geo stub coord 52 44 N 0 58 W region GB type city source enwiki GNS display title Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Harborough Category Former populated places in England pl Frisby Leicestershire ... more details
File Swinford geograph.org.uk 80806.jpg thumb All Saints Church, Swinford Swinford is a nucleated village and civil parish in the Harborough district of the England English county of Leicestershire . It used to be on the former A427 road A427 , which led under the M1 motorway M1 , to Catthorpe . The local pub is The Chequers on the High Street . The parish church is All Saints . External links oscoor gbx SP569794 http www.leicestershirevillages.com swinford Leicestershire villages http lmac.org.uk Leicestershire Microlight Aircraft Club External links Commons category inline Swinford, Leicestershire Leicestershire geo stub coord 52.40965 N 1.16495 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SP569794 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Harborough it Swinford Leicestershire pl Swinford Leicestershire ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Walton is a village in the county of Leicestershire in the English Midlands , south of Leicester and west of Market Harborough . The village has a pub named The Dog and Gun. External links Commons category inline Walton, Leicestershire Coord 52.479 1.125 display title Category Villages in LeicestershireLeicestershire geo stub pl Walton Leicestershire ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image static image caption latitude 52.75 longitude 01.51 official name Boundary population shire district shire county Leicestershire region East Midlands constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference SK3318 Boundary is a village in Leicestershire , England . Category Villages in Leicestershire Leicestershire geo stub pl Boundary Leicestershire ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox UK place official name Stapleford country England region East Midlands population os grid reference latitude 52.7572 longitude 0.7989 map type Leicestershire post town postcode area postcode district dial code constituency westminster Melton UK Parliament constituency Melton civil parish shire district Melton borough Melton shire county Leicestershire Stapleford is a village in the Melton borough Melton district of Leicestershire , England , east of Melton Mowbray . It is just south of the River Eye, Leicestershire River Eye , and is part of the civil parish of Freeby . The village is the site of the large Stapleford Park . The historic Stapleford Miniature Railway runs in the park. See also St Mary Magdalene s Church, Stapleford External links Commons category inline Stapleford, Leicestershire Category Villages in Leicestershire Leicestershire geo stub pl Stapleford Leicestershire ... more details
Belvoir IPAc en icon b i v r is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough Melton district of Leicestershire , England . It is close to the county boundary, the nearest town being Grantham in Lincolnshire eight miles 13 km east of the village . The parish includes the villages of Belvoir, Knipton and Harston, Leicestershire Harston . Nearby places outside the parish are Woolsthorpe by Belvoir , Redmile , and Croxton Kerrial . The village is the site of Belvoir Castle and so gives its name to the Vale of Belvoir . commons category coord 52 53 N 0 47 W region GB type city display title Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Leicestershire geo stub it Belvoir Leicestershire pl Belvoir Leicestershire ... more details
Grimston is a village and a civil parish in the Melton borough Melton District, in the English county of Leicestershire . TOC Amenities Grimston has a pub, a place of worship and once also had a railway station called Grimston railway station . References Philip s Street Atlas Leicestershire and Rutland page 57 External links Commons category inline Grimston, Leicestershire http www.visionofbritain.org.uk place place page.jsp?p id 10850 http www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk en 190211 shoby priory grimston http www.achurchnearyou.com grimston st john the baptist oscoor gbx SK680210 coor 52.78 N 00.99 W region GB display title Leicestershire geo stub Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Melton ... more details
for the village in Hinckley and Bosworth district Fenny Drayton Unreferenced date April 2010 File Church of St James, Drayton geograph.org.uk 307094.jpg thumb Church of St James, Drayton Drayton is a village in Leicestershire , England in the district of Harborough . It was formerly in the Parish of Easton along with the nearby villages of Bringhurst and Great Easton. It has one of the smallest churches in England. Drayton is close to the county boundary with Northants and the nearest town is indeed Corby, in the neighbouring county of Northamptonshire. Drayton has won many awards for its outstanding natural beauty and continues to be at the forefront of the English village revolution. External links Commons category inline Drayton, Leicestershire coord 52.521 0.776 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Harborough Leicestershire geo stub pl Drayton Leicestershire ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Church of St Andrew, Welham geograph.org.uk 232591.jpg thumb Church of St Andrew, Welham Welham is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire , England , north east of Market Harborough . The village is situated on the north bank of the River Welland , which forms the border with the neighbouring county of Northamptonshire . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 40.The Old Red Lion pub is a very popular eating place, especially for the residents of Corby and Kettering . External links Commons category inline Welham, Leicestershire Coord 52.525 0.873 type city region GB display title Category Villages in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Harborough Leicestershire geo stub pl Welham Leicestershire ... more details
Wilson , in the English county of Leicestershire , is a small hamlet place hamlet just outside of Melbourne, Derbyshire . Close to East Midlands Airport , Wilson retains many village like features. It has one pub, the Bulls Head. Wilson has no amenities other than a golf course, gym and swimming pool. Its name is first recorded in the 12th century as Wiuelestunia and likely came from Anglo Saxon language Anglo Saxon Wifeles t n Wifel s farmstead or village . Governance Wilson is part of the civil parish of Breedon on the Hill and the non metropolitan district of North West Leicestershire . External links Commons category Wilson, Leicestershire oscoor gbx SK404246 Leicestershire geo stub coord 52.81743 1.40199 type city region GB source enwiki osgb36 SK404246 display title Category Villages in Leicestershire pl Wilson Leicestershire ... more details
Coston is a village in the eastern part of Leicestershire , England. Governance File Coston parish church.jpg thumb right St Andrew s parish church Coston forms part of the civil parish of Garthorpe, Leicestershire Garthorpe that, in turn, is part of the district of Melton borough Melton . ref http www.leics.gov.uk index highways land charges searches localsearches townsandvillages.htm towns c County council ref Church The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is thought to date back to the 13th century and was restored in 1846. External links commons category inline Coston, Leicestershire References Reflist coord 52 47 25 N 0 44 33 W type city display title Category Villages in LeicestershireLeicestershire geo stub pl Coston Leicestershire ... more details
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