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    Barrow Trent Lock The River Soar (/sɔːr/) is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire...
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  • Center Intu Braehead Soar, a shopping centre in Braehead, Renfrewshire River Soar, a river in Leicestershire/Midlands England Soar, South Hams, a settlement...
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    England. It is located between Hathern and Normanton on Soar and is situated by the River Soar, which marks the county boundary with Leicestershire. Most...
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    This is a list of crossings of the River Soar, the principal river of Leicestershire in the Midlands of England. Listed in the table are those crossings...
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    Ratcliffe-on-Soar, sometimes also written Ratcliffe-upon-Soar or given as Radcliffe-on-Soar, is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar. It...
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    measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities. The city lies on the River Soar and is approximately 90 miles (140 km) north-northwest of London, 33 miles...
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    200m 220yds A B B E Y P A R K River Soar Grand Union Canal, Leicester line Sports Pitches Formal gardens Miniature Railway Boating lake Peppercorns café...
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    74°N 1.14°W / 52.74; -1.14 The Soar Valley in Leicester- and Nottinghamshire, England is the basin of the River Soar, which rises south of Leicester...
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    parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England near the River Soar. This historic village is home to one of the last operating chain ferries...
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    CHARNWOOD FOREST Ashby Canal G.U. Canal River Soar River Sence River Soar canal River Wreake    The River Soar together with its tributaries and canalisations...
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    registered a population of 6,825. Barrow lies on the east bank of the River Soar, where the river is joined by the Fishpool Brook. British Gypsum has a plant at...
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    Reformation, and his remains were wrongly thought to have been thrown into the River Soar. In 2012, an archaeological excavation was commissioned by Philippa Langley...
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    Stanford on Soar, known locally as Stanford, is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England near the River Soar. Stanford...
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    begins, the river also meets the Derwent at Derwent Mouth. After this confluence, the river turns north-east and is joined by the River Soar before reaching...
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    The River Wreake is a river in Leicestershire, England. It is a tributary of the River Soar. The river between Stapleford Park and Melton Mowbray is known...
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    company's gas turbine engines it was named after a British river, in this case, the River Soar. The Soar was developed in the early 1950s, and was demonstrated...
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    ˈbɒnɪŋtən/) is a village and civil parish lying along the valley of the River Soar in the Borough of Rushcliffe, south-west Nottinghamshire, England. The...
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    Grand Union Canal (category Soar catchment)
    canals and navigable waterways, including the River Thames, the Regent's Canal, the River Nene and River Soar, the Oxford Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon...
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    500m 550yds Frog Island River Soar Soar Navigation ABBEY PARK site of lifting bridge    Frog Island is an inner city area of Leicester, England, so named...
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    Mountsorrel is a village in Leicestershire on the River Soar, just south of Loughborough with a population in 2001 of 6,662 inhabitants, increasing to...
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    erroneous account arose that Richard's bones had been thrown into the River Soar at the nearby Bow Bridge. A search for Richard's body began in August...
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    Lerion, and Ligora(ceastre) all derive from the old Brittonic name of the River Soar, *Ligera or *Ligora. Leir's story was first recorded in Geoffrey of Monmouth's...
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    Talbot Inn is to the west of Loughborough Road and to the east of the River Soar. Belgrave is bounded by the wards and areas of the suburb of Rushey Mead...
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    suffered extensive flooding due to the shallow natural gradient of the River Soar. This was exacerbated in the late 18th century when locks and weirs were...
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    Park before the river runs into the River Soar in Quorn. The river also feeds Cropston Reservoir and Swithland Reservoir. The river runs for around 17...
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    population of Kegworth as of the 2011[update] census was 3,601. Lying on the River Soar, it is situated on the A6 near junction 24 of the M1 motorway and is also...
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  • Greyfriars priory choir area, while others say his body was thrown into the River Soar. After Greyfriars was demolished in the 1530s Reformation, Leicester mayor...
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    village lies at the bottom of an ancient valley created by the nearby River Soar, meaning that surrounding farmland is particularly prone to flooding during...
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    Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned...
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    the Blaby district of Leicestershire, off the Fosse Way, straddling the River Soar. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,639. The...
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