Mowsley
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Mowsley, pronounced "mowzley" (rhyming with "cows") (from Muslai - mouse infested field) is a small village in the south part of Leicestershire. The modern village has just under 100 dwellings. The population (including Knaptoft) at the 2011 census was 302.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Mowsley
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Church at Mowsley. - geograph.org.uk - 402683.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Nicholas Church, Mowsley
- UK place.map_type
- Leicestershire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Mowsley
- UK place.population
- 100
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Harborough
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harborough
- UK place.post_town
- LUTTERWORTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE17
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 0116
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP648891
- UK place.type
- Hamlet
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 260
- Area
- 1103.46
- Image
- The Church at Mowsley. - geograph.org.uk - 402683.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0116
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- Commons category
- Mowsley
- postal code
- LE17
- OS grid reference
- SP648891
- P8168
- Bettongia tropica
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7 sectionsContents
- Entries in Domesday
- Church and Schools
- Sanatorium
- Modern village
- Families of note
- References
- External links
Mowsley, pronounced "mowzley" (rhyming with "cows") (from Muslai - mouse infested field) is a small village in the south part of Leicestershire. The modern village has just under 100 dwellings. The population (including Knaptoft) at the 2011 census was 302.
==Entries in Domesday== According to the Domesday Book, Mowsley had two manors in 1086, situated in the ancient hundred of Gartree.
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2 mapped locations