Nailstone
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Nailstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, situated to the west of Leicester and north-east of Market Bosworth. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 521, reducing slightly to 514 at the 2011 census. The village has a primary school: Dove Bank Primary School the catchment area for which also includes the neighbouring village of Bagworth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Nailstone
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_district
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.postcode_area
- CV
- UK place.postcode_district
- CV13
- UK place.post_town
- NUNEATON
- UK place.dial_code
- 01530
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.population
- 514
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.static_image_name
- All Saints Church, Nailstone - geograph.org.uk - 542662.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view of All Saints Church, Nailstone
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 514
- Image
- The Nut and Squirrel - geograph.org.uk - 542673.jpg
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Nailstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, situated to the west of Leicester and north-east of Market Bosworth. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 521, reducing slightly to 514 at the 2011 census. The village has a primary school: Dove Bank Primary School the catchment area for which also includes the neighbouring village of Bagworth.
Nailstone is a former Gopsall Estate village with several buildings of special interest and unique characteristics which are particular to the Gopsall Estate villages. The village also has historical links to the Jacobite rising of 1745 when, after his retreat from Derby, Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie" visited his friends the Knowles family in Nailstone. A great elm tree was planted in the village to commemorate this event.
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