Woodthorpe, Leicestershire

Woodthorpe
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Woodthorpe is located in Leicestershire
Woodthorpe
Woodthorpe
Location within Leicestershire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Leicestershire
52°45′4.00″N 1°11′47.50″W / 52.7511111°N 1.1965278°W / 52.7511111; -1.1965278

Woodthorpe is a hamlet just south of Loughborough and a former civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.[1] In 1931, the parish had a population of 53.[2]

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Woodthorpe:

WOODTHORPE, a hamlet in Loughborough parish, Leicester; 1½ mile S of Loughborough. Real property, £1,236. Pop., 67. Houses, 16.[3]

Woodthorpe became a parish in 1866, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Loughborough, part also went to Quorndon and Woodhouse.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231623.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Woodthorpe Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Woodthorpe". www.visionofbritain.co.uk. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Woodthorpe Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.