Newbold Coleorton
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Newbold otherwise Newbold Coleorton is a hamlet
in the parish of Worthington
, Leicestershire
, England.
In the nineteenth century it was also sometimes referred to as Newbold Saucey or Newbold Juxta Worthington. An account of 1863 records that Newbold comprised approximately 500 acres (2 km²) in the ownership of Earl Ferrers
and Sir G H Beaumont Bart; also that it had a colliery.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the parish of Worthington
Worthington, Leicestershire
Worthington is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, about north of the town of Coalville and a similar distance north-east of the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The village is about from East Midlands Airport and junction 23a of the M1 motorway where it meets the...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England.
In the nineteenth century it was also sometimes referred to as Newbold Saucey or Newbold Juxta Worthington. An account of 1863 records that Newbold comprised approximately 500 acres (2 km²) in the ownership of Earl Ferrers
Earl Ferrers
Earl Ferrers is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for Robert Shirley, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Shirley family descends from George Shirley of Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire....
and Sir G H Beaumont Bart; also that it had a colliery.