Gilmorton
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Gilmorton is a village and civil parish about northeast of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 976.
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Place details
- Locality
- Harborough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 976
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gilmorton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Gilmorton - All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 146474.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- All Saints' parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP5787
- UK place.population
- 976
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Gilmorton
- UK place.shire_district
- Harborough
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Leicestershire
- UK place.post_town
- Lutterworth
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE17
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01455
- UK place.website
- Gilmorton Parish Council
- UK legislation.short_title
- Gilmorton Inclosure Act 1777
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Manor
- Parish church
- Economic and social history
- Amenities
- Notes
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Gilmorton is a village and civil parish about northeast of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 976.
==Manor== The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village, when its population was about 140. The toponym may be derived from Old English: gilden (or gylden) meaning "golden", and morton, "town on the moor".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilmorton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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