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1586:Peggs Green
1526:Church Town
1485:Worthington
1475:Thringstone
1465:Swannington
1380:Donisthorpe
1350:Blackfordby
1299:Hugglescote
599:Bardon Hill
461:Bardon Hill
447:Bardon Hall
411:Bardon Hall
372:Bardon Hill
341: /
85:2001 Census
1616:Categories
1591:Shellbrook
1445:Snarestone
1440:Ravenstone
1435:Packington
1430:Osgathorpe
1405:Lockington
937:Noble 1995
605:References
553:Ravenstone
326:52°42′36″N
80:Population
1546:Griffydam
1541:Farm Town
1501:Acresford
1480:Willesley
1470:Swepstone
1425:Oakthorpe
1395:Hemington
1385:Ellistown
1375:Diseworth
1370:Coleorton
1269:Coalville
1127:Continuum
1062:27 August
922:2 January
697:27 August
583:pilasters
572:A511 road
549:Coalville
540:in 1899.
368:Coalville
329:1°20′20″W
263:Ambulance
207:Coalville
203:Post town
83:26 (
1531:Copt Oak
1521:Boundary
1450:Snibston
1365:Chilcote
1319:Whitwick
1309:Kegworth
1184:(1960).
1056:Archived
1026:Archived
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979:(2010).
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691:Archived
661:Archived
593:See also
545:benefice
125:District
1516:Battram
1494:Hamlets
1390:Heather
1360:Charley
1314:Measham
1304:Ibstock
1102:21 July
1032:19 July
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515:coursed
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392:tumulus
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179:Country
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1345:Belton
1340:Bardon
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667:16 May
576:pulpit
559:Chapel
530:flèche
478:road.
356:Bardon
239:Police
161:Region
116:Bardon
100:SK4412
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1596:Tonge
1561:Lount
1415:Moira
1257:Towns
580:Doric
358:is a
229:01530
1159:ISBN
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1104:2011
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1034:2011
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924:2013
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251:Fire
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