Welcome to the Leicestershire Community Towns and Villages area of The
Quorndon Magazine. As our village is located in the heart of Leicestershire,
we thought we would provide a page with links to some of the other communities,
towns and villages in our county.
If you have a town, village or community website which is located in
Leicestershire, and feel you would like to see it on this page, please
contact us so we can add your
details.
The Quorndon is not responsible for the content of
external internet sites.
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| About
Leicestershire |
An independent site that's
all About Leicestershire, England. |
| Appleby
Magna |
The Appleby Web Site is run
on behalf of the village by volunteers. We love to hear your
views, news, contributions and corrections. |
| Arnesby
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The village of Arnesby is
situated 8 miles south of Leicester and 25 miles north of Northampton,
just off the A5199 (formerly the A50). There are 120 houses, two churches,
one pub and a Post Office. |
| Asfordby
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Asfordby Parish consists of
three villages, Asfordby, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which
are situated to the north of the River Wreake near to the market town
of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. |
| Ashby
de la Zouch |
Welcome to AshbyOnline, the
guide to Ashby de la Zouch and local area within NW Leicestershire
This site is for you to find the many shops and businesses in Ashby
de la Zouch and the local area. |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Advertise local charity events,
clubs, disco's public events, etc. Any business personal or local
advertising may be done here. Charities may advertise for free. |
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| Bagworth
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Prior to the year 2000 it
had long been recognised that the people of Bagworth were in dire
need of acquiring up to date local news. In the spring of last year
a handful of concerned residents met to try and rectify the problem. |
| Barkestone |
The separate villages of Barkestone,
Plungar & Redmile were grouped into one parish in 1936. The three
small villages, with a combined adult population of 650, are set geographically
in the Vale of Belvoir and administratively in Leicestershire and
the Borough of Melton. |
| Barrow
upon Soar |
Barrow Voice is published
by Barrow upon Soar Community Association. |
| Barwell
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There are two churches in
the Parish of Barwell. St. Mary's is a grade one listed building
and has been standing on the site for over 700 years. |
| Birstall
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Birstall is a large village
located on the northern outskirts of Leicester, eight miles
south of Loughborough and bisected by the main A6. |
| Blaby
on the Net |
We aim to help you with all
your needs in and around the district of blaby whether it is finding
important addresses or discovering what events are currently taking
place in the district. |
| Braunstone
Estate |
Its distance from the City
Centre isolates Braunstone, an outer City Estate. A swathe of outer
city council estates runs from the north of Leicester to the south,
Braunstone being the southern most. |
| Braunstone
Town |
Until the mid 1920s Braunstone
remained a large family estate surrounded by farmsteads with
title stretching back to the reign of Edward The Confessor.
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| Broughton
Astley |
Broughton Astley is in the
South West of Leicestershire, about 6 miles to the East of Hinckley
and about 9 miles from the centre of Leicester. |
| Broughton
Astley |
www.broughton-astley.com
- It's interesting to note that, in spite of all the things we may
think we don't have in the village, one thing we have plenty of
is....... websites! |
| Broughton
Astley |
www.broughton-astley.gov.uk
- Broughton Astley is the modern-day collective name
for three old communities in the South West of Leicestershire. These
communities were Broughton Astley, Primethorpe, and Sutton-in-the-Elms.
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| Burbage |
Burbage is situated in Leicestershire,
14 miles south west of Leicester and 1 mile south of the town of Hinckley. |
| Burton
on the Wolds |
Burton-on-the Wolds - incorporating
Prestwold, Hoton & Cotes. Burton-on-the-Wolds. Burton-on-the-Wolds
is the largest of the 4 villages. It is situated on the B676 and has
a population of apporximately 900. |
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| Castle
Donington |
Donington On-line is committed
to providing webspace for any club in Castle Donington that would
like to promote itself through the Internet. |
| Charnwood
Arts |
Charnwood Arts is an independent
community arts and media organisation based in the Borough of Charnwood
in the East Midlands of Britain. It is a registered arts and educational
charity (No. 505977). |
| Charnwood
Online |
Charnwood On-line was created
as a gateway (portal) web site about the Charnwood area. It is intended
to be of help to three types of user, namely residents, businesses
and tourists. |
| Claybrook
Magna/Parva |
These pages are dedicated
to the people of Claybrooke Magna and Claybrooke Parva,
two nearby villages in Leicestershire, England. |
| Cotes
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Burton-on-the Wolds - incorporating
Prestwold, Hoton & Cotes. Burton-on-the-Wolds. |
| Croft
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Croft is half way between
Leicester and Hinckley in South West Leicestershire.The village is
located about 8 miles south west of the city of Leicester in the East
Midlands region of England. The population in 1999 was just over 1,600
persons in around 600 dwellings. |
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| Dadlington
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The village is small and peaceful.
It once clustered around the spacious green, but since World War II
has extended in a ribbon development towards Hinckley. There is no
shop or post office, but Ambion Court Hotel, a converted farmhouse,
provides comfortable accommodation, and the 18th century Dog &
Hedgehog pub, next to the church, is well-known locally for its good
quality meals. |
| Diseworth
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Welcome to the Diseworth WWW
Home Page's.
Please feel free to explore our Village. |
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| Earl
Shilton |
The village is first recorded
in the domesday survey of 1086, it was then known as Scheltone. By
1279 the name had become Schulton. Both of these names relate to 'shelf'
as the town was perched on a hill. |
| East
Midland Oral History Archive |
The East Midlands Oral History
Archive is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish the first
large-scale archive of oral history recordings for Leicestershire
& Rutland. This includes the collections of the former Leicester
Oral History Archive, the Mantle archive from North West Leicestershire,
the Community History archive of Leicester City Libraries, and the
sound archive of BBC Radio Leicester, along with smaller collections
donated by local organisations or individuals. |
| Enderby
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This web site is one of a
series about villages in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire,
UK. |
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| Fleckney
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A personal website produced
by a local resident to promote, celebrate and support the Village
of Fleckney in the District of Harborough, County of Leicestershire,
England, United Kingdom. |
| Fleckney
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This site is for the Village
of Fleckney, we hope that it will grow with information about local
people, clubs, associations and businesses in the area, |
| Frisby
on the Wreake |
Frisby on the Wreake is a
small village on the Upper Wreake Valley off the main A607 road four
miles west of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. |
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| Gaddesby
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Gaddesby is an attractive
village to the South of Melton Mowbray and to the North East of Leicester.
It lies on the B674 between Rearsby and Twyford. The current population
of the village is around 450 people in some 170 households. |
| Glen
Parva |
The Parish of Glen Parva has
a population of nearly 5,500 and extends along both sides of the A426
and the eastern section of the A5096. In recent years boundary reviews
have reduced the size of the parish which adjoins Wigston and the
southern development of Leicester. |
| Glenfield
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Glenfields Community website.
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| Groby
Directory |
A unique village web site
with many pages of facts, figures, photos and fun for you to discover
and enjoy.
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| Harborough
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The ComKnet project is the
result of a £150,000 award under the Government's Multimedia
Demonstrator (MMDP) program. |
| Harby
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Harby is a large Vale of Belvoir
village with a population of 873 people, 375 houses, nine miles north
of Melton Mowbray. |
| Hathern
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If you have time, take a walk
along the four streets which surround the churchyard. In a clockwise
direction you will go down the Green Hill, passing the Catholic Church
and the Hathern Branch Library on your left. |
| Hinkley
Online |
Hinckley Online is a news
and information website about the Leicestershire town of Hinckley
and the surrounding district. |
| Hoton |
Hoton village is on the A60
between Loughborough and Nottingham. |
| Husbands
Bosworth |
"Husbands Bosworth is
a township and extensive parish, in the southern division of the County
of Leicestershire, within the Gartree Hundred, Market Harborough Union
and County District, rural deanery of Gartree, archdeaconry of Leicester,
diocese of Peterborough, 61Ž2 miles east of Lutterworth, 14 miles
south from Leicester, and 951Ž2 miles from London." |
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| Kegworth
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Anyone leaving the M1 at Junction
24 can see from the roundabout why Kegworth was chosen as a site for
a settlement. To the left are the low levels of the flood plains of
the rivers Trent and Soar, in winter, often a silver mirror of flood
water. |
| Kirby
Muxloe |
By the time of the Doomsday
book (1086), the settlement was called Carbi and had a working population
of 8. The rights and privileges afforded by the forest were both highly
valued and jealously guarded. |
| Kirkby
Mallory |
Kirkby Mallory is a small
village set in the rural countryside of Leicestershire. It is situated
approximately 8 miles SW. of Leicester and comprises of about 60 houses
a 13th century church, shop, village hall and a racing circuit. |
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| Leire
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Leire Village Hall is maintained
and run purely through local fund raising activities organised by
the Village Hall Committee, voluntary donations, contributions from
local organisations and individuals, and receives no state or local
funding. |
| Little
Bowden |
The origins of Little Bowden
stretch back well over a thousand years and this community is far
older than the town of Market Harborough which now overshadows it.
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| Littlethorpe
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This is the village page for
the Narborough and Littlethorpe area. |
| Action
On-Line for Loughborough |
This site is for public information,
primarly to support residents of Garendon Ward in Loughborough, Leics.
Residents should be able to check up on the current suituation concerning
matters affecting the community. |
| Loughborough
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This site is dedicated to
reflect and promote the social, cultural and historic perspectives
of the town of Loughborough. It will serve as a comprehensive source
of both community and commercial information, also encouraging the
free exchange of technical knowledge across all disciplines. |
| Lutterworth
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Learn about the fascinating
history of Lutterworth. |
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| Market
Harborough |
Welcome to the Bigfern home
page. For those of you not familiar with the town, this website will
serve as an illustrated guide to the present day Market Harborough,
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| Market
Harborough |
www.marketharborough.com
- Market Harborough was founded in the second half of the twelfth
century: over 800 years ago. Unlike many older towns whose origins
are shrouded in mystery Market Harborough was founded with a purpose:
trade.
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| Markfield |
Markfield & Stanton Herald
is a community magazine serving the Markfield & Stanton Under
Bardon area, in Leicestershire. |
| Melton
Mowbray |
Melton Mowbray is located
in the heart of the East Midlands in the county of Leicestershire.
Well known for its world famous Pork Pies and Stilton Cheese. |
| Mountsorrel
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Welcome to the page which
tells you about our village. We have tried to encompass old and new
aspects of the village. |
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| Narborough
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This is the village page for
the Narborough and Littlethorpe area. |
| National
Forest |
The good wood is a website
by, for and about, the people who live and work in North West Leicestershire
and South Derbyshire. You will find lots of news and information about
the region, local businesses and community groups at the heart of
the National Forest. |
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| Oakthorpe,
Donisthorpe & Acresford |
The Parish is situated in
North West Leicestershire, approximately 4 miles from Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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| Old
Dalby |
This is a information sharing
venture set up especially for the community of Old Dalby thanks to
the governments pathfinder IT project. |
| Oadby
& Wigston |
This site provides details
of public services, especially those provided by the Borough Council,
that are available to the residents and visitors of the Borough |
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| Plungar |
The separate villages of Barkestone,
Plungar & Redmile were grouped into one parish in 1936. The three
small villages, with a combined adult population of 650, are set geographically
in the Vale of Belvoir and administratively in Leicestershire and
the Borough of Melton. |
| Prestwold |
Prestwold village grew up
around St Andrew's Chruch and Prestwold Hall. In 1783 'The Villa of
Prestwold' was advertised to let, 'situated at an agreeable distance
from Nottingham and Leicester in the middle of Mr Meynell's Hunt. |
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The
Quorndon Magazine
(Quorn Village) |
Quorn (Quorndon) has since
1995 had its own village magazine. As an award winning magazine, we
have up-to-date information about the Village and Residents of Quorn
(Quorndon) in Leicestershire, England. We hope you enjoy your visit
to our village magazine website, and if you wish to contribute articles
to the magazine, you may do so through our website, or by emailing
Webmaster@quorndon-mag.org.uk
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| Quorn
Village |
This website was created by
a small group of Quorn residents who thought getting a web site up
and running for the village was an excellent community initiative.
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| Ratcliffe
Culey |
Ratcliffe Culey, ( Redeclive,
from the Old English for red cliff or bank and the manorial
affix of the De Cuiley family), is situated at the confluence of the
Rivers Sence and Anker less than 2 miles from the Warwickshire border.
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| Ravenstone
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This page will form a resource
location for the splendid Leicestershire village of Ravenstone. |
| Rearsby
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The Wreake Valley village
of Rearsby is in North-East Leicestershire, on the main Leicester-Melton
(A607) road (about 7 1/2 miles from both towns). |
| Redmile |
The separate villages of Barkestone,
Plungar & Redmile were grouped into one parish in 1936. The three
small villages, with a combined adult population of 650, are set geographically
in the Vale of Belvoir and administratively in Leicestershire and
the Borough of Melton. |
| Redmile
Archive |
Historical archive about the
residents of Redmile. Including a transcript of the 1841, 1871 and
1901 census as well as various newspaper extracts. |
| Rutland
Towns and Villages |
Rutland On Line is an Internet
based information channel, focusing on delivering the benefits of
the Internet to visitors and residents of Rutland. |
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| Sapcote
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Sapcote is in the South West
of Leicestershire, within the United Kingdom. It can be reached easily
via the A5 or M69. We are very proud of our village heritage and community.
In 1991 (Last Census) there were 2,628 people living in the village.
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| Sharnford
Village |
This website has been created
for the village of Sharnford, Leicestershire. |
| Sheepy
Magna |
The ancient parish of Sheepy
Magna included the villages of Sheepy Parva, Pinwall, Ratcliffe Culey
and the Mythe. |
| Stoke
Golding |
Stoke Golding lies in the
heart of England, on the South Western edge of Leicestershire, close
to the Warwickshire border. Within two miles is the market town of
Hinckley and 16 miles away is theCity of Leicester. |
| Stoney
Stanton |
The residents of Stoney Stanton
are an active bunch of people, having an annual carnival, a village
fete held on the green, a Christmas Fayre held each year in the Social
Club and two football teams, one for adults and one for juniors. The
center of the village is dominated by St Michael's Church. |
| Swannington
Heritage Trust |
Swannington Heritage Trust,
formed in 1984 as a Company limited by guarantee and a registered
Charity, aims to provide, establish and preserve facilities in the
village of Swannington and its neighbourhood. |
| Talk@Sileby |
In 2001 the Talk@Sileby produced
the first issue of the quarterly magazine the Talk@Sileby. The magazine
was produced as a direct consequence of the villagers asking for news
of events and what is happening at council meetings etc. when they
filled in the village appraisal questionnaire. The magazine is completely
independent from the parish council and the borough council so that
you get unbiased news and views on the village . |
| Syston
(Syston Online) |
This flourishing town stands
north east of Leicester on the Melton Mowbray Road, with the Fosse
Way and the River Wreake close by. |
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| Thorpe
Acre |
Until the mid-twentieth century
Thorpe Acre comprised about twenty houses or cottages of which several
still survive. It has a nineteenth century church, now extended and
an old pub, The Plough Inn. |
| Thringstone
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This is the community site
for Thringstone, a sleepy village in the wilds of Leicestershire.
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| Thurmaston |
Thurmaston.com is an Internet
based information channel, focusing on delivering the benefits of
the Internet to visitors, residents and businesses of Thurmaston and
it`s surrounding areas. |
| Travel
to Leicester |
The only web site that tells
you how to get to the City of Leicester. The City of Leicester and
its surrounding towns and villages is a great place to visit. |
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| Vale
of Belvoir |
Belvoir
is one of the smallest hamlets in the Vale and is dominated by Belvoir
Castle which is the home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. |
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| Waltham
on the Wolds |
Set on the edge of the Vale
of Belvoir about 5 miles out of Melton Mowbray and 10 miles from Grantham.
Waltham has many traditional limestone buildings with the best examples
along the High Street and around the green near the church. |
| Whetstone
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A plan to illuminate St Peters
Church Whetstone as part of the millennium celebrations has come to
fruition. |
| Woodhouse
Eaves |
In the spirit of openness
still evident in many parts of the Web, it is hoped to cooperate with
other sites having overlapping or related coverage. Links to a number
of such sites are included, and most have reciprocated. |
| Wymeswold
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Wymeswold lies a few miles
to the north east of Loughborough. It is now a large and popular conservation
village, with some fine Georgian buildings, over 30 of the houses
are now Grade 2 listed buildings. Pugin restored the 14th century
church in 1844. |
| Wymondham
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Wymondham is a village near
Melton Mowbray in the county of Leicestershire in the East Midlands
of England. We have a windmill which is a popular visitor attraction,
and a pub with an award-winning restaurant. |
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