"Melton Mowbray Navigation The Melton Mowbray Navigation was formed when the River Wreake in Leicestershire, England, was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation near Syston to Melton Mowbray, opening in 1797. Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to accommodate the 12 broad locks built along its length, many of which were built at sites where it was necessary to maintain the water levels for an adjacent mill. With railway competition, and the closure of the Oakham Canal, to which it was connected, decline was rapid, and the canal closed in"
"Borough of Melton Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861, increasing to 50,376 at the 2011 census. Melton Borough is an attractive rural area in the north-east part of Leicestershire and at the heart of the East Midlands. It is the 10th smallest district in England. The main activities of the Borough are centred on the single market town of Melton Mowbray which has a population of about 26,000. There are some 70"
"ever stayed there or not. Anne of Cleves' house is now a public house which is owned by Everards Brewery, a Leicester-based brewery. Between 1942 and 1964, RAF Melton Mowbray was situated to the south of the Town, towards Great Dalby. The Class A airfield was originally intended for aircraft maintenance but was taken over by RAF Transport Command. Between 1946 and 1958 the site was used as a Displaced Persons camp by the Polish Resettlement Corps. Melton Mowbray served as a Thor Strategic missile site between 1958 and 1963, when 254(SM) Squadron operated a flight of three missiles from"
"Zouches Manor Zouches Manor (also Zouches Castle) was an Anglo-Saxon moated manor in Fulbourn Fen, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the village of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. It is one of the historic Five Manors of Fulbourn and recorded to have existed 1066 AD to 1539 AD. The eponymous manor was built by Alan la Zouche, Earl of Brittany (the same family that held Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire) in the 13th century on an earlier site. The moat ditch and platform are likely to have been constructed in the 12th or 13th century, obscuring who exactly built the structure. It"
"at a rate lower than the other districts within Leicestershire. In March 2012, Melton was identified as having the highest rate of accidental death by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, with statistics over the period from 2010/11 showing an average of 29 deaths for 100,000 people. Borough of Melton Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861, increasing to 50,376 at the 2011 census. Melton Borough is an attractive rural area"
"Freeby Freeby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about east of Melton Mowbray. As well as the village of Freeby the civil parish includes the villages of Brentingby, Saxby, Stapleford and Wyfordby. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 244. Isaac Watts preached at the Congregational chapel, which became in United Reformed Church the early 1970s. The village was once a part of Melton Mowbray parish. At the time of Edward the Confessor it was known as ""Fretheby"" and ""Fredebi"". It was referred to as ""Frieby"" as late as 1816. All the"
"Melton Town F.C. Melton Town Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Melton Sports Village. The club was established in 2004 and joined Division Two of the Leicester & District League. In 2006–07 season they were Division Two champions, and were promoted to Division One. In 2009 they moved up to Division One of the Leicestershire Senior League. After finishing as runners-up in 2012–13, the club were promoted to the Premier Division. They went on to finish as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2013–14"
"Zouch Zouch is a hamlet in south west Nottinghamshire, England. It is located between Hathern and Normanton on Soar and is situated by the River Soar, which marks the county boundary with Leicestershire. Most of the hamlet lies in the civil parish of Sutton Bonington, apart from Zouch Farm which falls within Normanton on Soar parish, and the part in Leicestershire which is in Hathern parish. The nearest town is Loughborough. The A6006 road passes through the hamlet and crosses the Soar on Zouch Bridge (alternatively ""County Bridge"" as it spans the county border). The elevation of Zouch is ."
"and 2014–15, but were unable to take promotion due to failing ground grading regulations. A third-place finish in 2015–16 and a move to a new ground saw the club promoted to Division One of the United Counties League, with the club also being renamed Melton Town. In 2013 the club moved to nearby Asfordby. They returned to Melton Mowbray in April 2016 when the club moved to the Melton Sports Village. The new ground included a 135-seat stand. Melton Town F.C. Melton Town Football Club is a football club based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of"
"late Saxon period. Hose was cited as ""Hoches"" and ""Howes"" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Hose, Leicestershire Hose is a village in the English county of Leicestershire, within the Borough of Melton. The population is about 500. The town of Melton Mowbray is six miles (10 km) to the south. Forming part of the civil parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby, Hose is in the far north-east of the county, in the Vale of Belvoir. It lies close to the route of the defunct Grantham Canal, which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and underwent a"
"Asfordby Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road. The parish consists of Asfordby proper, Asfordby Valley and Asfordby Hill, which together have a population of around 3,000 (1995 est).The population had increased to 3,286 at the 2011 census. The villages are to the north of the River Wreake, with Asfordby Hill situated east of Asfordby proper, closer to Melton, and Asfordby Valley to the north. Within Asfordby proper, there are a few shops, mainly convenience shops. However you can find a Fish & Chip"
"rare orchids. Philip's Street Atlas Leicestershire and Rutland (page 58) Asfordby Hill Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the parish of Asfordby , in the Melton District, in the English county of Leicestershire. Asfordby Hill has a primary school which was built in 1909. An excellent garden centre with an alpine themed restaurant and farm shop. At the farm shop you can buy a proper Melton Mowbray pork pie as well as a variety of other pies, including a penguin pie! Asfordby Hill Steel Works remains open and is owned by St.Gobain. It is a little"
"Ab Kettleby Ab Kettleby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, located north of Melton Mowbray, on the A606 road. It had a population of 501 in 2001; at the 2011 census this had increased to 529. It is situated southeast of the border with Nottinghamshire. The village is situated above sea level. The neighbouring hamlets of Wartnaby and Holwell form part of the civil parish of Ab Kettleby. A Roman mosaic and pavement were found beneath the present churchyard, indicating the presence of a villa. Ab Kettleby was first recorded in the Domesday"
"of all the named settlements in Britain. Zouch Zouch is a hamlet in south west Nottinghamshire, England. It is located between Hathern and Normanton on Soar and is situated by the River Soar, which marks the county boundary with Leicestershire. Most of the hamlet lies in the civil parish of Sutton Bonington, apart from Zouch Farm which falls within Normanton on Soar parish, and the part in Leicestershire which is in Hathern parish. The nearest town is Loughborough. The A6006 road passes through the hamlet and crosses the Soar on Zouch Bridge (alternatively ""County Bridge"" as it spans the county"
"the Midland Railway from 1849. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Shellbrook west of the town and Boundary to its north-west. Nearby villages include Lount, Normanton le Heath, Smisby, Packington, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Moira, Measham and Coleorton. The towns of Swadlincote, Burton-upon-Trent, Melbourne and Coalville are all within of Ashby, with the city of Derby due north. The town is situated at the heart of The National Forest and approximately due south of the Peak District National Park. It lies on the A42 between Tamworth and Nottingham. The town was known as Ashby in 1086. This is a word of"
"flora and invertebrates, and the submerged plants are of particular interest. These include mare's tail, spiked water-milfoil and perfoliate pondweed. Nine species of dragonfly have been recorded, and there are also water shrews and the nationally rare water beetle ""haliplus mucronatus"". Ashby Canal The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries. The canal was taken over by the Midland"
"Asfordby Hill Asfordby Hill is a hamlet on the A6006 road, in the parish of Asfordby , in the Melton District, in the English county of Leicestershire. Asfordby Hill has a primary school which was built in 1909. An excellent garden centre with an alpine themed restaurant and farm shop. At the farm shop you can buy a proper Melton Mowbray pork pie as well as a variety of other pies, including a penguin pie! Asfordby Hill Steel Works remains open and is owned by St.Gobain. It is a little known fact that a large proportion of the nation's drain"
"Harby, Leicestershire Harby is a village and civil parish. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir and forms part of the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England. Harby is in the far north-east of the county in the Vale of Belvoir, north of the town of Melton Mowbray, and west south-west of the town of Grantham. Although the village is in Leicestershire, the county town of Leicester is away and the closest city is Nottingham (). The village lies on the south side of the Grantham Canal. Conspicuous on the horizon is the seat of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir"
"Hose, Leicestershire Hose is a village in the English county of Leicestershire, within the Borough of Melton. The population is about 500. The town of Melton Mowbray is six miles (10 km) to the south. Forming part of the civil parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby, Hose is in the far north-east of the county, in the Vale of Belvoir. It lies close to the route of the defunct Grantham Canal, which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and underwent a programme of environmental dredging and planting in 2014. The weekday bus service between Melton and Bottesford"
"Old Dalby Old Dalby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. It is located to the north-west of Melton Mowbray. It was originally known as ""Wold Dalby"" or ""Dalby on the Wolds"". The population is included in the civil parish of Broughton and Old Dalby. Old Dalby has its own village school, church, Scout Hut, a retirement home, the Belvoir Brewery restaurant and alehouse, and, from August 2015 after a closure lasting over a year, the old but newly refurbished pub 'The Crown'. There has been no post office for several years as villagers failed in campaigning against"
"Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. In 1966 it was closed by the British Railways Board. Trains still pass the former station between Melton Mowbray and Oakham stations on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. The site now houses some industrial units, called Station Court. Ashwell railway station Ashwell railway station was a station in Ashwell, Rutland on the line between Melton Mowbray and Oakham. It lies west of the village, on the road to Whissendine. Just north of Ashwell was"
"Melton. There is a left turn for an agricultural college (Brooksby Melton College) at Hoby with Rotherby, where the road is crossed by the Midshires Way. The road is crossed by the Leicestershire Round at Frisby and Kirby. At Kirby Bellars it passes ""The Flying Childers"", named after the Flying Childers race horse. Entering Melton Mowbray as ""Leicester Road"", it passes the headquarters of Samworth Brothers on the Leicester Road Industrial Estate and crosses the former Northampton to Nottingham railway and then the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. It meets two roundabouts and passes Long Field Academy to the left. It"
"Coleorton Coleorton ( ) is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ashby de la Zouch. Nearby villages include Newbold, to the north, Thringstone to the east, and Swannington to the south-east. In the 2001 census, the population of the parish was 1,016, increasing to 1,177 at the 2011 census. Formerly an ancient parish in West Goscote hundred, Coleorton became part of Ashby de la Zouch Rural District which was created in 1894. Coal mining was an important industry in the area since"
"Meltonby Meltonby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Pocklington. Together with the village of Yapham it forms the civil parish of Yapham cum Meltonby. Meltonby is listed in the ""Domesday Book"" as in the Hundred of Warter in the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of the survey the settlement contained thirteen villagers. five smallholders, four tributaries (rent payers), fifteen burgesses, a priest and a church. There were fifty-three ploughlands, woodland, and three mills. In 1066 Earl Morcar held the lordship, which in 1086 transferred to King William I,"
"Muston, Leicestershire Muston (pronounced ""Musson"") is an English village in north-east Leicestershire, 18.6 miles (30 km) east of Nottingham and five miles (8 km) west of Grantham on the A52. It is 12.5 miles (20 km) north of Melton Mowbray. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 339. It lies on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire county border, two miles east of Bottesford, of which it forms part of the civil parish. The River Devon (pronounced ""Deevon"") flows through the village. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is in the Belvoir Group of parishes,"
"was one of the Five Manors of Fulbourn and was built by Alan la Zouche, Earl of Brittany (the same family that held Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Staffordshire) . Fulbourn Fen Fulbourn Fen is a 27.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. It is privately owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. There are ancient meadows on calcareous loam and peat which have never been farmed, so they have a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Herbs in drier areas include cowslip and salad burnet, while wetter areas have tall fen vegetation."
"it lay within the Melton Mowbray Rural District, and from 1935 to 1974, within the Melton and Belvoir Rural District. Since 1974, Stonesby has formed part of the Melton borough of Leicestershire. The 14th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. It was renovated in 1875 by R.W. Johnson and is a Grade II* listed building Stonesby Stonesby is a small village within the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is northeast of Melton Mowbray, and southeast of Waltham on the Wolds. The population is included in the civil parish of Sproxton. Forming part of the Sproxton civil parish, Stonesby"
"walk the rights of way that criss-cross its route. The Eye has given its name to the UK's first community radio station 103 The Eye which has been broadcasting to Melton Mowbray and Vale of Belvoir since 2005. River Eye, Leicestershire The River Eye is a river in north-eastern Leicestershire that becomes the Wreake. The Eye rises at Bescaby, about six miles (10 km) north-east of Melton Mowbray. It flows east towards Saltby, where it turns south and flows past Sproxton, Coston and Garthorpe. At Saxby it turns west and flows by Stapleford, Freeby, Wyfordby, Brentingby and Thorpe Arnold. At"
"A511 road The A511 road is a stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest from Markfield in Leicestershire, England to Foston in South Derbyshire. It links the towns of Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Burton upon Trent. It has a junction with the dual-carriageway A42 at Ashby, and with the non-trunk A514 road east of Swadlincote. The A511 passes under the dual-carriageway A38 at Burton, but has no direct junction with that major route. The A511 was originally part of the A50 route, which it becomes from its M1 junction east to Leicester, but it was redesignated when the dual-carriageway Derby"
"de la Zouch, the towns of Burton upon Trent, Swadlincote and Coalville are also located within the forest area. The National Forest (England) The National Forest is an environmental project in central England run by The National Forest Company. From the 1990s, of north Leicestershire, south Derbyshire and southeast Staffordshire have been planted in an attempt to blend ancient woodland with newly planted areas to create a new national forest. It stretches from the western outskirts of Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and is planned to link the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood."
"situated on the east side of Melton Mowbray and was capable of housing 250 inmates. The 1871 census shows 126 paupers in residence. Bescaby Bescaby is a hamlet and deserted medieval village in Leicestershire, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Sproxton, Leicestershire. The hamlet of Bescaby lies close to Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Stonesby & Croxton Kerrial. Bescaby was formerly an ex-parochial manor, later constituted a civil parish belonging to the Dukes of Rutland, and in 1871 had a population of 31 persons, living in 4 houses, on about of land. It was previously the demesne of Croxton Abbey,"
"history of these trades and others including saddle, shoemaking and tinsmithing and the impact they had on the town, as well as how the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Normans, Tudors, Georgians and Victorians would have lived in the area. The phrase ""painting the town red"" also has strong local connections. The Museum is accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Melton Carnegie Museum The Melton Carnegie Museum is a museum in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, which documents the history of the market town. It is managed by Leicestershire County Council and supported by Melton Borough Council and is Heritage"
"the right turn is for Wartnaby. The road descends down a hill into Ab Kettleby, the former home of Desert Orchid, passing the ""Sugar Loaf"" on the left. The road descends down the side of a valley and up onto Potter Hill. At this point the road enters the parish of Melton Mowbray as ""Nottingham Road"". It passes the Esso ""Brookside Service Station"" and the headquarters of East Midlands Councils, and Melton Borough Council on the right. It meets the A607 and A6006 at traffic lights and crossroads. Previously the road went straight through the town centre, which is now"