Plungar
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Plungar is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, and the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is about north of the market town of Melton Mowbray and west from Grantham. Plungar is adjacent to the Grantham Canal and stands in the Vale of Belvoir. In 1931 the parish had a population of 205.
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- Melton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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Plungar is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, and the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is about north of the market town of Melton Mowbray and west from Grantham. Plungar is adjacent to the Grantham Canal and stands in the Vale of Belvoir. In 1931 the parish had a population of 205.
==History== The Plungar name derives through the name "Plunard", itself from the Old English "plume" with the Old English "gara" or Old Scandinavian "garthr", meaning "Triangular plot where plum trees grow" or plum tree enclosure.
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