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    Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census...
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    1455389 Barrow-upon-Soar railway station (formerly known as Barrow and Barrow-upon-Soar and Quorn) serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in Leicestershire...
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    Leicester Kegworth Zouch Sharnford Aylestone Narborough Wanlip Barrow Trent Lock The River Soar (/sɔːr/) is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English...
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  • The rural district of Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire, England, existed from 1894 to 1974. It was established under the Local Government Act 1894 as...
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    Holy Trinity Church is a church in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church is mentioned in documents from Leicester...
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  • Barrow, Suffolk Barrow (Lake District), a fell in the county of Cumbria Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire Barrow upon...
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  • The Barrow Upon Soar rail crash occurred on 1 February 2008, some 300 yards north west of Barrow-upon-Soar railway station, in the suburbs of Loughborough...
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    meeting the River Trent at Trent Lock. Soar Valley embraces the large villages of Quorn, Mountsorrel, Barrow upon Soar, Birstall, Rothley and Sileby and a...
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    Barrow Town Football Club is a football club based in the large village of Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the...
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    February 2008, an East Midlands train was involved in an incident at Barrow upon Soar. The train hit a footbridge in its path, after a road vehicle had struck...
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    identified downstream of the Soar Brook confluence, near Sharnford, to the last crossing near Ratcliffe-on-Soar upstream of Soar Mouth where the river meets...
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    it was withdrawn in 1970 and was sold to Redland Roadstone Ltd. in Barrow upon Soar. During its BR life it was once transported to Mountsorrel. D2868 was...
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    222005 was in collision with a conveyor boom left foul of the line at Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire. The lead vehicle suffered substantial damage and the...
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    council is based), Shepshed and Syston. Villages in the borough include Barrow upon Soar, Birstall, Hathern, Mountsorrel, Quorn, Rothley, Sileby and Woodhouse...
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    Colliery 13 December 1926 Orgreave Paddy Mail accident 1 February 2008 Barrow upon Soar rail accident The principal operator is East Midlands Railway, which...
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    Barrow Gravel Pits is a 35.6 hectares (88 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire. This site in the...
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  • Malcolm MacKenzie (category People from Barrow upon Soar)
    Malcolm John Mackenzie (born 30 September 1961) is an English professional golfer. Mackenzie was born in Sheffield. He turned professional in 1980 and...
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  • John Snelling (category People from Barrow upon Soar)
    event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He lived at 33 Beaumont Road in Barrow upon Soar. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al...
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  • Bagworth Bardon Barkby Barkby Thorpe Barkestone-le-Vale Barlestone Barrow upon Soar Barsby Barton in the Beans Barwell Battleflat Battram Beaumont Leys...
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    permanently on display — a cetiosaur found in Rutland, and a plesiosaur from Barrow upon Soar. The Rutland Dinosaur, affectionately nicknamed George, is a specimen...
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    2022, four Class 156 units went off lease and were sent for storage at Barrow Hill, with East Midlands Railway stating that they will be moved to Ely...
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    Confirmation Order 1969. 1983–1997: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Ashby, Barrow upon Soar and Quorndon, Birstall Goscote, Birstall Greengate, Birstall Netherhall...
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  • Cameron et al 2020, p. 1-28. Rush, Andy (23 June 2017). "New areas of Barrow-upon-Soar mine to be opened up in £6.5m scheme". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved...
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    reopened as a planned first phase of full reopening: Syston Sileby Barrow-upon-Soar Local passenger services on the route are currently operated by diesel...
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    Barrow upon Soar (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Claire Forrest 792 45.0 Conservative Hilary Fryer 745 42.3 Conservative Pauline Ranson 717...
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    the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough. The village is close to Barrow upon...
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    which had just been accidentally demolished by a tipper lorry, near Barrow-upon-Soar. The lorry driver had forgotten to fully lower the tipper body after...
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    President George W. Bush visited the British embassy the day after the bombings, upon his return from the G8 summit in Scotland, and signed a book of condolence...
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  • (1) Barrow upon Soar No. 1 (1) Barrow upon Soar No. 2 (1) Barrow upon Soar No. 3 (1) Barrow upon Soar No. 4 (1) Barrow upon Soar No. 5 (1) Barrow upon Soar...
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  • secondary school with academy status which was founded in 1717 in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, in England. The school was founded as the Humphrey...
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