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WILLOUGHBY-ON-THE-WOLDS, a parish, with a village, in the district of Loughborough and county of Nottingham; on the Fosse way, 7 miles ENE of Loughborough r. station. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 2,080. Real property, £3,739. Pop., 573. Houses, 134. The property is subdivided. Many Roman remains have been found; and the Roman Verometum is thought by some antiquaries to have been here. A battle, between the royalists and the parliamentarians, was fought in 1648 on Willoughby field. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £87.* Patron, T. Dodson, Esq. The church is old, and has a tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Willoughby on the Wolds AP/CP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Willoughby on the Wolds |
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