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Some of the larger settlements of Leicestershire. This is a list of towns, villages, and other locations within the ceremonial county of Leicestershire , England. Contents:
List of places in Leicestershire; C. List of civil parishes in Leicestershire This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 20:57 (UTC). Text ...
Leicestershire (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / ⓘ LEST-ər-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west.
Gilbert de Segrave of Segrave, High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1193, father of Stephen de Segrave (c. 1171 – 1241) Chief Justiciar of England. Robert Burton , author of The Anatomy of Melancholy , was rector of All Saints' Church in Seagrave from 1630 to his death.
The stream running through Lea Meadows has white-clawed crayfish and brook lampreys, both of which are legally protected. [1] It is part of Ulverscroft Valley.. Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands of England with an area of 833 square miles (2,160 km 2), [2] and a population according to the 2011 census of 980,000. [3]
These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period and include barrows, ruined abbeys, castles, moated sites, churchyard crosses and Iron Age hill forts. [2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites or historic buildings.
However, the Leicestershire place-name volumes published so far contain a wealth of information on previously little remarked sites such as Duninc Wicon, a probable Romano-British settlement in Ullesthorpe, [8] and Shirtecoat in Great Bowden which shared its name with locations in several other east Leicestershire parishes.
There is currently a review of the library by the county council. It is possible that the library will close if a volunteer group has not been found to run it. Ratby is only 1 mile from Junction 21a of the M1 motorway and situated 5 miles from the city centre of Leicester , with frequent Arriva Fox County bus services to and from the city.