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KEYHAM, or KEAME, a township-chapelry in Rothley parish, Leicestershire; on an affluent of the river Soar, 5½ miles E by N of Leicester r. station. Posttown, Leicester. Acres, 940. Real property, £1, 768. Pop., 122. Houses, 33. The manor belongs to the trustees of the late Sir James Parker: and much of the land, with the Old Hall, belongs to T. Miles, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Rothley, in the diocese of Peterborongh. The church is old but good, and has a tower. Charities, £42; of which £15 are to a school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Keyham Ch/CP Rothley Tn/AP/CP Leicestershire AncC |
Place names: | KEAME | KEYHAM | KEYHAM OR KEAME |
Place: | Keyham |
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