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    Blaby (/ˈbleɪbi/) is a large village in the Blaby District in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre. At the time...
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    Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. The district is named after the village of Blaby, although the council is based in Narborough...
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    previous Blaby constituency. Historically the "Southern Division of Leicestershire", was a county constituency, less formally known as South Leicestershire. From...
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    greatest frontmen. Thomas Peter Meighan was born on 11 January 1981 in Blaby, Leicestershire, the son of Irish window cleaner Tom Meighan Sr. and nurse Patricia...
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    seven district councils in Leicestershire are Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley & Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire and Oadby & Wigston. It...
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    existence. Blaby constituency was created in 1974 from parts of the Harborough seat. It is named after the village of Blaby in south west Leicestershire. A safe...
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    areas transferred from Bosworth and South Leicestershire. Following local government boundary reviews in Blaby and Charnwood which came into effect in May...
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    All Saints' Church is a church in Blaby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building. The church consists of a nave, vestry, chancel, tower, spire...
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    Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles (ten kilometres) southwest of Leicester...
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    general election, before becoming Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaby in Leicestershire in February 1974, holding the seat until he retired at the 1992...
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    Hall beside the A50 at Glenfield, just outside the city of Leicester in Blaby district. Elected county councils were created under the Local Government...
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    Croft is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, off the Fosse Way, straddling the River Soar. The population of the civil...
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  • Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Whetstone, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They play at Warwick Road. The...
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    unchanged, Blaby was renamed South Leicestershire on the grounds that it does not match the borders of Blaby district, and the village of Blaby itself is...
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    Greg Knight (category People from Blaby)
    governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron. Born in Blaby, Leicestershire, Knight was educated at Alderman Newton's Grammar School, Leicester...
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    as Lidl June 2020. Teignmouth. Re-opened as Lidl January 2020. Blaby, Leicestershire Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Ashbourne, Derbyshire Bromley Oadby Wollaton...
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    former civil parish, now in the parish of Glenfields, in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, Glenfields had a population of...
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    Road County: North West Leicestershire – Coalville Charnwood – Loughborough Melton & Rutland – Melton Mowbray Hinckley & Blaby – Braunstone, Hinckley Harborough...
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    Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles...
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  • The Leicestershire Senior League (currently sponsored by Everards Brewery) is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England. The league was formed...
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  • The Blaby Special is a variety of red-fruited tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) that was grown in the village of Blaby in Leicestershire, England, until just...
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    who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire (previously Blaby) in Leicestershire as well as a government minister. In September 2014...
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  • Blaby District Council elections are held every four years. Blaby District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Blaby in...
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  • The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005. Retrieved on 3 November 2015. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Blaby (Electoral Changes)...
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    Sapcote is a small village in the south west of Leicestershire, England, in the Sparkenhoe Hundred. It has a population of approximately 3,260, measured...
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  • John Smith (cricketer, born 1882) (category Sportspeople from Blaby)
    cricket, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Blaby, Leicestershire. He was also known as John Willoughby Dixie-Smith. Smith attended...
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    The 2023 Blaby District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England. They were held on the same...
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  • League 2 East (champions) Leicester Lions Westleigh Park 2,000 Blaby, Leicestershire 12th Plymouth Albion The Brickfields 8,500 Plymouth, Devon 4th Rams...
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    Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line that served Blaby in Leicestershire, England. The station was opened...
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    Oadby and Wigston (category Non-metropolitan districts of Leicestershire)
    south-east of the city. The neighbouring districts are Leicester, Harborough and Blaby. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act...
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