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    Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of England, 7 miles (11 km) west of the centre of Leicester and around 7 miles...
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    Royal Air Force Desford or more simply RAF Desford is a former Royal Air Force station located one mile (1.6 km) south of Desford, Leicestershire, and...
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    The Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford is a British twin-engined, three-seat advanced trainer developed in the Second World War for postwar use. Although...
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  • engineering company based at New Malden in Surrey. It later acquired sites at Desford and Braunstone in Leicestershire. Initially it developed and manufactured...
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  • British actor and narrator. Royce is best known for his roles as DC Jamie Desford in the fourth series of Line of Duty and as Reece in Murdered by My Boyfriend...
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  • They are also aided by PC Maneet Bindra (Maya Sondhi) as well as DC Jamie Desford (Royce Pierreson), who is briefly assigned to the team. The unit investigates...
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  • as Suzanne Hope Joey Ansah as Stuart Hope Tamica Greenaway as DC Marisa Desford Ace Bhatti as Parth Kuhalam Yinka Awoni as Peter Ince Camilla Arfwedson...
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    Desford Lane, it was renamed Desford by 26 April 1833. This station was closed on 27 March 1848, being replaced by a new station, also named Desford,...
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  • revolves around the character of the twenty-nine-year-old Viscount Ashley Desford and his mission to save Charity Steane from a precarious life with her...
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    Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth, Castle, Clarendon, De Montfort, Desford and Peckleton, Earl Shilton, Markfield, Newbold Verdon, Sheepy and Witherley...
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  • Miles M.18 (RAF) trainer Miles M.20 (RAF) fighter Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford (RAF) rejected trainer Supermarine B.12/36 (Type 317) Supermarine Type...
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    eastern edges of the borough lie several settlements (including Bagworth, Desford, Groby, Markfield, Ratby and Thornton) which largely relate to Leicester;...
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    Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Joyce Crooks* 1,593 61.0 +6.1 Liberal Democrats Mark...
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    coach of the Scotland national netball team. Greenway is originally from Desford, Leicestershire. She was educated at the local community primary school...
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  • meeting place of the Sparkenhoe Hundred was probably at Shericles Farm near Desford (SK467026), which derives from scirac meaning "the hundred oak". Sparkenhoe...
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    with its Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir. The road ends just north of Desford Drive in Beverly Hills at a private residence. "Visit Unique Neighborhoods...
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  • had a total caseload of 442. Mr. Alexander, who started his career at Desford approved school in 1921, retired in 1961. He noted that since he arrived...
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  • family home in Anstey, a village located near Leicester, to Bill Thorne, a Desford Colliery miner, and his wife Nancy. He had two brothers. Thorne was educated...
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    Lawson between 1974 and 1992. Blaby District Council's main offices are on Desford Road in Narborough. The old part of the building was formerly a house called...
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    It is in the civil parish of Desford and about a mile northeast of the village. Newtown Unthank was the site of Desford railway station on the Leicester...
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  • Carl Haleford Mackinley Guest as Hannah Mancetta Carla Henry as Julie Desford "Homefront, ITV1, review". Chater, David. "Thursday's TV: Homefront". "New...
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    Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III target tug, number N1697; RAF Desford, May 1944. Note the wind-driven generator that provided power for the target winch...
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  • Bosworth Community College) is a coeducational secondary school located in Desford, Leicestershire, England and is part of the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust. It...
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    ten children born to John and Jane Fry. She married William Wilson at Desford, Leicestershire on 26 May 1831. Fry's family was affiliated with the "High...
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  • due to his age was rejected. Instead he worked in an aircraft factory at Desford aerodrome near Leicester to "do his bit for the war effort". Livesey was...
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  • Donna Deangelo, Rob Norbury as Mark Peterborough, Michael Hawkins as Nigel Desford 4 Lewis Arnold Unknown 16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) 5.52 Guest cast: Harry...
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  • Bosworth School and Community College (formerly Dixie Grammar School) in Desford. He studied history at Peterhouse, Cambridge, under Maurice Cowling, and...
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    Desborough DS England Northamptonshire 1944 1948 Assigned to USAAF RAF Desford England Leicestershire 1916 1953 Owned by Caterpillar Inc. since 1953,...
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    near Desford to the main line at Knighton, south of Leicester. The portion of the L&SR incorporated into this route was between Long Lane and Desford, and...
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  • with the RAFVR in the postwar period, performing instructing duties at Desford. His wife died in September 1959; grief-stricken, McKay killed himself...
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