Place:Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire, England

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NameBurton on the Wolds
Alt namesBortonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
Burton-on-the-Woldssource: Family History Library Catalog
Burtonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates52.783°N 1.117°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoEast Goscote Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Loughborough Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1936
Barrow upon Soar Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1836-1974
Charnwood District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England situated on the B676 road west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of Loughborough, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire. In the 2011 census, the population was measured at 1,218. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets.[1] The local borough council is Charnwood.

The village's name means 'farm/settlement with a fortification'.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book, showing it comprised 15 households in the year 1086. In the Middle Ages Burton was the property of Garendon Abbey. After World War II a Polish camp was set up in the village, due to its proximity to RAF Wymeswold which opened in 1942 and closed in 1957. It now hosts an industrial complex containing Jump Giants Loughborough.

Burton has its own primary school, pub and shop (in the garage).

The Lion's Head water fountain was probably built in the mid 19th century.

Prestwold Hall, which was built in the 18th century, is within the parish of Prestwold, but part of the grounds fall within the Burton on the Wolds parish.

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