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Willoughby on the Wolds, par. and vil., Notts - par., 2080 ac., pop. 480; vil., near border of Leicestershire, 7 miles NE. of Loughborough; P.O., called Willoughby; is a picturesque and interesting place, and was the site of a Roman station. Many antiquities have been found in the neighbourhood. Near the church was fought a sanguinary battle between the Royalist and Parliamentary troops in July 1648.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Willoughby on the Wolds AP/CP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place names: | WILLOUGHBY | WILLOUGHBY ON THE WOLDS |
Place: | Willoughby on the Wolds |
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