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    Foxton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England, to the north-west of Market Harborough. The...
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    The Foxton Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the Leicestershire town...
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    about 3 miles (5 km) west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough. They are named after the nearby village of Foxton. They form the northern terminus...
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  • 1881–1890 Foxton Beach, North Island United Kingdom Foxton, Cambridgeshire, England Foxton, County Durham, England Foxton, Leicestershire, England Foxton, North...
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  • Thumbnail for Foxton Inclined Plane Trust
    The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity on the Grand Union Canal in Foxton, Leicestershire, England, UK. It was...
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    Leicestershire (/ˈlɛstərʃɪər, -ʃər/ LEST-ər-sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire...
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  • Thumbnail for Grand Union Canal (old)
    The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close...
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  • towns, villages, and other locations within the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X...
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    Foxton Canal is a 32.1 hectares (79 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest along the Grand Union Canal and its banks in Leicestershire...
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    Yorkshire Bingley Three Rise Locks in West Yorkshire Foxton Locks near Market Harborough, Leicestershire Caen Hill Locks near Devizes, Wiltshire Fourteen...
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    Enabling Thomas Noble to sell an undivided third part of the manor of Foxton (Leicestershire) after the settlement of lands of greater value to the same uses...
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    Kibworth (category Villages in Leicestershire)
    villages are roughly divided by the Midland Main Line. Kibworth is close to Foxton Locks, Market Harborough, and Leicester. In 1270 Walter de Merton, the founder...
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    Harborough District (category Non-metropolitan districts of Leicestershire)
    Harborough (/ˈhɑːrbərə/) is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough, which is where...
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    Market Harborough (category Towns in Leicestershire)
    Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire. The population was...
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  • in Banffshire in 1919 and in Denbighshire in 1929. On 31 August 1905, in Foxton, he married Alice Mary Watson (b. 1879). They had two daughters, Josephine...
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    Grand Union Canal (category Canals in Leicestershire)
    'Leicester line') are mixed in size. From Norton to Foxton, the route is a narrow canal. From below Foxton to Leicester it is a wide canal. From Leicester...
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  • This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the...
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    popular tourist attraction in Languedoc. In the UK, Foxton Locks (pictured above) in Leicestershire and the Caen Hill flight on the edge of Devizes, Wiltshire...
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  • a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire in the East Midlands. All changes since the re-organisation of local...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire
    Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands of England with an area of 833 square miles (2,160 km2), and a population according to the 2011 census...
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  • Welland Park Academy (category Academies in Leicestershire)
    covers Market Harborough and surrounding villages, including Kibworth, Foxton, The Langtons, Gumley, Laughton, and Lubenham, with many families from Northamptonshire...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Louis-Arzviller inclined plane
    only work of this type existing at the time was the Foxton inclined plane of Foxton, Leicestershire (1900). The new structure opened in 1969. The system...
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    buildings in West Yorkshire Listed buildings in Bingley Foxton Locks near Market Harborough, Leicestershire Watford Locks in Northamptonshire Caen Hill Locks...
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  • Thumbnail for The Canal Museum
    including a model of the short-lived inclined-plane mechanical lift at Foxton in Leicestershire. Exhibits include models of working boats including narrow boats...
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  • Thumbnail for Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal
    The Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal is a canal in England that is now part of the Grand Union Canal. In 1793, an act of Parliament, the...
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  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 A list of windmills in Leicestershire. Mills in bold are still standing, known building dates are indicated in bold. Text in...
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    / 53.02; -01.95 SK0348 Foxton Cambridgeshire 52°07′N 0°03′E / 52.11°N 00.05°E / 52.11; 00.05 TL4148 Foxton Leicestershire 52°29′N 0°58′W / 52.49°N...
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    Anthony Thistlethwaite (category Musicians from Leicestershire)
    Anthony "Anto" Thistlethwaite (born 31 August 1955, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England) is an English-born Irish multi-instrumentalist best known as...
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    Great Bowden (category Villages in Leicestershire)
    Places nearby include Market Harborough, Little Bowden, Sutton Bassett, Foxton and Thorpe Langton. The village was included in the Domesday Book, under...
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  • Thumbnail for Leicestershire County Council
    Leicestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire, England. The non-metropolitan county...
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