A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BURBAGE, or Burback, a chapelry and a subdistrict in Hinckley district, Leicester. The chapelry is in Aston-Flamville parish; lies on the verge of the county, at Watling-street, 1¼ mile SE of Hinckley r. station; and has a post office under Hinckley. Acres, 3,170. Real property, £7,725. Pop., 1,865. Houses, 416. The property is much subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Aston-Flamville, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is old but good, and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.-The subdistrict contains five parishes. Acres, 11,210. Pop., 5,137. Houses, 1,158.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Aston Flamville AP/CP Burbage CP/Ch Hinckley RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place names: | BURBACK | BURBAGE | BURBAGE OR BURBACK |
| Place: | Burbage |
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