Thrussington
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right|thumb|Thrussington Holy Trinity north aspect right|thumb|The Blue Lion Thrussington is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 587. It is on the River Wreake, near to Rearsby, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Hoby and Brooksby, and not far from the path of the Fosse Way.
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Place details
- Locality
- Charnwood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 581
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Thrussington
- UK place.population
- 581
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Charnwood
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- Leicester
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE7
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01664
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Charnwood
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Charnwood
- Population
- 581
- Image
- Thrussington Holy Trinity north aspect.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01664
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- Commons category
- Thrussington
- postal code
- LE7
- P8168
- Karel Lamač
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
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- Population
- Transport
- World Wars
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right|thumb|Thrussington Holy Trinity north aspect right|thumb|The Blue Lion Thrussington is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 587. It is on the River Wreake, near to Rearsby, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Hoby and Brooksby, and not far from the path of the Fosse Way.
==Toponymy== The place-name 'Thrussington' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Turstanetone. It appears as Tursteineston in the Pipe Rolls of 1175. The name means 'Thursten's town or settlement'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thrussington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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