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Name | Rolleston |
Alt names | Rovestone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 162 | | Rollestone | source: alternate spelling |
Type | Township, Chapelry, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.601°N 0.921°W |
Located in | Leicestershire, England |
See also | Billesdon, Leicestershire, England | ancient parish in which it was a township and chapelry | | Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Billesdon Rural, Leicestershire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1974 | | Harborough District, Leicestershire, England | district municipality from 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Rolleston (sometimes Rolleston) is a parish and estate village near Billesdon in Leicestershire, England, and part of Harborough District. The population of the village is under 100 and thus combined with the neighbouring civil parish of Skeffington.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rolleston from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "ROLLESTON, a chapelry in Billesdon parish, Leicester; 1¾ mile S S E of Billesdon, and 5¾ N E of Kibworth [railway] station. Post-town: Billesdon, under Leicester. Population: 42. Houses: 10. The manor, with [Rolleston] Hall, belongs to Mrs. Heap. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Billesdon. The church is good; and on the S side ofit is a well-preserved ancient cross.
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Categories: Leicestershire, England | Rolleston, Leicestershire, England | Billesdon, Leicestershire, England | Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England | Billesdon Rural, Leicestershire, England | Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
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