"and Oadby and Wigston. The City of Leicester is a unitary authority which is separate from the county for local government, and provides all services in its area; the City Council meets at Leicester Town Hall. Publicly funded secondary schools in Leicestershire are comprehensive. The schools are segregated by age in some areas to ages 10–14 (middle schools), and 14–16 (upper schools) or 14–18 (upper schools which also provide sixth form education). The schools, compared with other LEAs, have large numbers on the roll with school enrolment often 2000 and more. For Melton and Blaby districts, although there is division"
"Charnwood wards of East Goscote, Queniborough, Six Hills, Syston, and Thurmaston. 1997-2010: The county of Rutland, the borough of Melton, and the district of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Easton, Houghton, Scraptoft, Thurnby, and Tilton. 2010-present: The county of Rutland, the borough of Melton, and the district of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Nevill, Thurnby and Houghton, and Tilton. The constituency was created in 1983 from the former seats of Rutland and Stamford and Melton. Initially it covered all of Rutland and Melton Borough and part of Charnwood. A boundary change implemented in 1997 saw the area of Charnwood replaced with part"
"of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Kirby, and Leicester Forest East, and the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth wards of Groby and Ratby. 2010–present: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Anstey, Birstall Wanlip, Birstall Watermead, East Goscote, Forest Bradgate, Mountsorrel, Queniborough, Rothley and Thurcaston, Syston East, Syston West, Thurmaston, and Wreake Villages, the District of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Forest, and Muxloe, and the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth ward of Groby. The seat is close to Leicester, between the city and Nottingham, and covers slightly more than half of the local government district of Charnwood to the north"
"Charnwood (ward) Charnwood was an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,291. It comprised the northern Leicester suburb of Northfields and its Tailby and Morton ex-council estates. Charnwood was bounded by the wards of Belgrave to the north-west, Rushey Mead to the north, Humberstone & Hamilton to the east, Coleman to the south, Spinney Hills to the south-west and Latimer to the west. To the west, the Midland Main Line separated it from Belgrave, and to the south the Uppingham Road separates it from Spinney"
"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"
"Cornwood Cornwood is a village and civil parish in the South Hams in Devon, England. The parish has a population of 988. The village is part of the electoral ward called ""Cornwood"" and Sparkwell. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321. Blachford House is a large grade II* listed country house standing in parkland on the northwest edge of the village. The civil parish includes the villages and hamlets of Lutton, Yondertown, North Hele, South Hele, Corntown, Uppaton, Tor, East Rook and West Rook. The Church of St Michael's is Cornwood's parish church. It was from Cornwood vicarage,"
"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"
"Harborough District Harborough () is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering , the district is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county. The district extends south and east from the Leicester Urban Area; on the east it adjoins the county of Rutland; has a boundary on the north with the boroughs of Charnwood and Melton; on the south it has a long boundary with the county of Northamptonshire comprising the Boroughs of Corby, Kettering and the district of Daventry."
"1965, and the Rural District of Castle Donington as altered by the East Midland Counties Order 1965. 1983-1997: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Ashby, Barrow upon Soar and Quorndon, Birstall Goscote, Birstall Greengate, Birstall Netherhall, Birstall Riverside, Birstall Stonehill, Garendon, Hastings, Hathern, Lemyngton, Nanpantan, Mountsorrel and Rothley, Outwoods, Sileby, Southfields, Storer, The Wolds, Thurcaston, Woodhouse and Swithland, and Woodthorpe. 1997-2010: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Ashby, Barrow upon Soar and Quorndon, Garendon, Hastings, Hathern, Lemyngton, Nanpantan, Outwoods, Shepshed East, Shepshed West, Sileby, Southfields, Storer, The Wolds, and Woodthorpe. 2010-present: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Barrow and Sileby"
"they electrified part of the line on the third and fourth rail system but the original 25 kV line was also retained for future use. On 7 June 2007, Metronet announced that the contract for operating and maintaining the test track had been awarded to Serco Assurance (formerly Serco Railtest), based at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby. 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"
"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"
"1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Market Harborough and Wigston, and the Rural Districts of Blaby, Lutterworth, and Market Harborough. 1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Market Harborough, Oadby, and Wigston, and the Rural Districts of Billesdon and Market Harborough. 1983-1997: The District of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Bosworth, Easton, Fleckney, Glen, Houghton, Kibworth, Langton, Lubenham, Market Harborough Bowden, Market Harborough North, Market Harborough South, Market Harborough West, Scraptoft, Thurnby, and Tilton, and the Borough of Oadby and Wigston. 1997-2010: The District of Harborough wards of Bosworth, Fleckney, Glen, Kibworth, Langton, Lubenham, Market Harborough Bowden, Market Harborough North, Market Harborough South, and"
"Beeby Beeby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 115 according to the 2011 census. It is situated north-east of Leicester, nearer to the villages of Keyham and Hungarton in the neighbouring district of Harborough and lies along the Barkby Brook. This small rural hamlet can be succinctly described as ""a series of scattered houses that remain of the shrunken medieval village"". The parish also includes the hamlet of Little Beeby, which consists of several houses within the settlement and is located 200m south east of the All Saints Church."
"Beeby Beeby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 115 according to the 2011 census. It is situated north-east of Leicester, nearer to the villages of Keyham and Hungarton in the neighbouring district of Harborough and lies along the Barkby Brook. This small rural hamlet can be succinctly described as ""a series of scattered houses that remain of the shrunken medieval village"". The parish also includes the hamlet of Little Beeby, which consists of several houses within the settlement and is located 200m south east of the All Saints Church."
"Rearsby Rearsby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of about 1,000, being measured at 1,097 in the 2011 census. It is on the A607 road between Leicester and Melton Mowbray, and is just south of the River Wreake. Nearby places are East Goscote, Thrussington and Rotherby. In 2000, villagers got the approval of building a bypass for Rearsby, work started in August 2003 and by the following year the bypass was open allowing traffic to pass Rearsby without going through the village, the estimated cost of the bypass"
"There are 28 Councillors, of which 26 are Conservative and so control the Council. One Councillor is an Independent representing the Waltham on the Wolds Ward and there is one Labour Councillor who represents one of the two seats in the Melton Egerton Ward. The Conservative Leader of the Council represents the Old Dalby Ward. The Melton and Rutland constituency is Conservative. East Midlands Councils is based opposite the former Melton borough offices on the A606 within the PERA complex. The district borders South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, to the east, Rutland to the south, Charnwood to the west (along the"
"they are named after and which they are linked to as ward boundaries very rarely match village boundaries exactly. Warwick District Warwick is a local government district of central Warwickshire in England. The current leader of the district council is Conservative Party member Andrew Mobbs. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative group, who hold 31 of the 46 council seats. Labour has 9 councillors, the Liberal Democrats have 2 councillors, the Green Party 1 councillor with the remaining 3 councillors sitting as independents. The district comprises the towns of Warwick itself, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Whitnash, and also"
"Water is sourced from the Charnwood hills. Breweries in Leicestershire and Rutland are listed on the Leicester CAMRA website. The county's largest beer brewer is Everards, and there are several microbreweries such as Belvoir Brewery in Old Dalby, Parish Brewery in Burrough on the Hill, Wicked Hathern Brewery in Loughborough, the Gas Dog Brewery at Somerby near Melton, Ellis Wood brewery in Hinckley, and the Pig Pub Brewery in Claybrooke Magna near Lutterworth. Vineyards in Leicestershire include Chevelswarde Vineyard (Lutterworth), Welland Valley Vineyard (Market Harborough), Eglantine (Loughborough) and Rothley Wines (Rothley). Melton Mowbray Sloe Gin is a liqueur with a"
"Stainby Stainby is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the A1 road, east from the Viking Way and the Leicestershire border, and south from Grantham. Stainby is nominally in the civil parish of Gunby and Stainby , although the parish is now administered as part of the ""Colsterworth district parishes"". Stainby had been a parish in its own right until 1931. Adjacent villages include Buckminster, North Witham, Colsterworth, Gunby, Sewstern and Skillington. Stainby is on the A151 road which runs between Melton Mowbray (Buckminster Road) and Colsterworth (Colsterworth Road). The road"
"result of the development. All in all locals believe that such a development would threaten the rural idyll identity of the parish. Barkby Barkby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated north-east of Leicester, and only a short way from Leicester's urban sprawl in Thurmaston and Syston. Nearby villages are Beeby and Barkby Thorpe. Barkby Brook is the main watercourse which flows through Barkby. The parish has a population of around 300. In the 1870s John Marius Wilson stated that Barkby, The 1086 Domesday Book records Barkby as ""Barcheberie"". The name"
"of Newmarket, the Rural Districts of Brandon, Mildenhall, and Thedwastre, and parts of the Rural Districts of Moulton and Thingoe. 1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Bury St Edmunds, the Urban Districts of Haverhill and Newmarket, and the Rural Districts of Clare, Mildenhall, Thedwastre, and Thingoe. 1983–1997: The Borough of St Edmundsbury wards of Abbeygate, Barningham, Barrow, Chevington, Eastgate, Fornham, Great Barton, Honington, Horringer, Ixworth, Northgate, Pakenham, Risby, Risbygate, Rougham, St Olave's, Sextons, Southgate, Stanton, Westgate, and Whelnetham, and the District of Forest Heath. 1997–2010: The Borough of St Edmundsbury wards of Abbeygate, Eastgate, Fornham, Great Barton, Horringer Court, Northgate, Pakenham,"
"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"
"Scawby Scawby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from Brigg, and just east from the A15 road, and south from the M180 motorway. According to the 2001 Census, Scawby population (including Sturton) was 2,277, reducing slightly to 2,243 at the 2011 census. The village is noted for the Nelthorpe family who owned the manor and lived at Scawby Hall. Sir John Nelthorpe founded Brigg Grammar School in 1669. Sturton was formerly a separate hamlet a little to the south of Scawby, but development of the land between the two has incorporated the"
"Carlby Carlby is a small village and civil parish in the district of South Kesteven in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 542. It is located four miles south of Bourne on the A6121 near the Lincolnshire/Rutland boundary, which is partly the River West Glen. The ecclesiastical parish is ""Ryhall with Essendine and Carlby"", part of the Rutland Deanery of the Diocese of Peterborough. The vicar is Paddy McKee. The parish church is dedicated to St. Stephen. The current building dates from 1134. The village has a playing field and a children's recreational"
"Warwick District Warwick is a local government district of central Warwickshire in England. The current leader of the district council is Conservative Party member Andrew Mobbs. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative group, who hold 31 of the 46 council seats. Labour has 9 councillors, the Liberal Democrats have 2 councillors, the Green Party 1 councillor with the remaining 3 councillors sitting as independents. The district comprises the towns of Warwick itself, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Whitnash, and also includes the surrounding rural areas. The district is bordered to the south and west by Stratford-on-Avon district, to the"
"Redmile Redmile is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about north of Melton Mowbray and west of Grantham. The population of the civil parish (including Barkestone-le-Vale and Plungar) was 921 at the 2011 census, up from 829 in 2001. The parish lies in the Vale of Belvoir close to the county boundary with Nottinghamshire to the west, where the nearest places are Granby, Sutton-cum-Granby and Elton on the Hill. Other nearby places are Bottesford, Belvoir, and Stathern. In 1936 the adjoining civil parishes of Barkestone and Plungar were merged into Redmile; the present-day parish"
"where Stilton cheese is manufactured. Old Dalby Test Track passes close to the village. Saxelbye Saxelbye (or Saxelby) is a small village in the district of Melton in Leicestershire, England. The village lies about three miles to the north-west of Melton Mowbray and is situated on the southern slope of the ridge that makes up the southern boundary of the Vale of Belvoir. It is part of Grimston (Where the population is included), Civil Parish . The separate Saxelby Civil Parish was abolished in April 1936. The very fine grade II* church with its crocketed spire is dedicated to St"
"West, Cosgrove, Danvers, Deanshanger, Forest, Grafton, Greatworth, King's Sutton, Kingthorn, Middleton Cheney, Potterspury, Rainsborough, Slapton, Tove, Towcester, and Wardoun. 1997-2010: The District of Daventry wards of Abbey North, Abbey South, Badby, Barby, Brampton, Braunston, Byfield, Crick and West Haddon, Drayton, Everdon, Flore, Hill, Kilsby, Long Buckby, Ravensthorpe, Weedon, Woodford, and Yelvertoft, and the District of South Northamptonshire wards of Astwell, Blakesley, Blisworth, Brackley East, Brackley West, Bugbrooke, Cosgrove, Danvers, Deanshanger, Forest, Gayton, Grafton, Greatworth, Heyford, King’s Sutton, Kingthorn, Middleton Cheney, Potterspury, Rainsborough, Slapton, Tove, Towcester, and Wardoun. 2010–present: The District of Daventry, the District of South Northamptonshire wards of Cote,"
"Incumbent is The Revd David Eames. The village hall committee dates back to March 1921, when it was agreed to purchase a hut for community use in the village. In 1967 this was replaced by a brick building with views of open countryside. Scawby is home to local Quiz team ""Dobbin"" who defeated The Eggheads in 2011. Scawby Scawby is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from Brigg, and just east from the A15 road, and south from the M180 motorway. According to the 2001 Census, Scawby population (including Sturton) was 2,277, reducing"
"Newby with Mulwith Newby with Mulwith is a civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies south east of Ripon, on the north bank of the River Ure and adjacent to the village of Skelton-on-Ure. Most of the parish consists of the grounds of Newby Hall. Mulwith is a single farm in the south east of the parish. The population of the parish was estimated at 40 in 2013. Newby with Mulwith was historically a township in the parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. In"
"the Harborough local government district. The constituency excludes parts of the Harborough district (including some eastern suburbs of Leicester which are in the Rutland & Melton constituency, but includes the smaller borough of Oadby and Wigston that adjoins Leicester. The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and in boundary changes in 1974 reflecting the growth in population and electorate of Leicestershire lost a large amount of its territory to the new seat of Blaby. UKIP originally selected Clive Langley, who was replaced by Mark Hunt in March 2015. General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required"
"one of the Thankful Villages – only 52 of which are known. These villages and parishes sent men to fight in the Great War, 1914-1918, and all of them came back alive. In 1696 the non-conformist cleric and hymn-writer Isaac Watts (1674–1748) was appointed minister to the Hartopp family of Stoke Newington and Freeby. He preached at the Congregational chapel in the village until 1699. 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,"
"Walton, and Wivenhoe, and the Rural District of Tendring. 1983-1997: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Bradfield Wrabness and Wix, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby, Little Clacton, Ramsey, Rush Green, Southcliff, St Bartholomew's, St James, St John's, St Mary's, St Osyth, Tendring and Weeley, and Walton. 1997-2010: The District of Tendring wards of Beaumont and Thorpe, Bockings Elm, Frinton, Golf Green, Great and Little Oakley, Harwich East, Harwich East Central, Harwich West, Harwich West Central, Haven, Holland and Kirby,"