Great Easton, Leicestershire

Great Easton
Leicestershire
Church Bank, Great Easton
Location
Location:	52°31’44"N, -0°45’7"W
Data
Post town:	Market Harborough
Postcode:	LE16
Dialling code:	01536
Local Government
Council:	Harborough
Parliamentary constituency:	Rutland and Melton
Website:	http://www.greateaston.org/

Great Easton is a village and parish in Leicestershire, adjacent to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. The parish had a population of 558 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 671 at the 2011 census.

Overview

The village sits in the Welland Valley in the rolling south Leicestershire countryside. It is located in the extreme south-east of the county, just south of the Eyebrook Reservoir. Nearby places are Bringhurst and Drayton in Leicestershire, Caldecott in Rutland, and Rockingham and Cottingham in Northamptonshire. The nearest town is Corby in Northamptonshire.

The village has public transport services to Corby town centre, Oakham and Uppingham, Market Harborough town centre and St Margaret's Bus Station in Leicester.

The village also formerly had a cricket team, but after the playing field was destroyed they relocated to Rockingham Castle and now go by the name of Old Eastonians.

Great Easton is the largest village and civil parish in south-east Leicestershire, however is only a small village itself. Many people who live in Great Easton commute to work in the nearby towns of Corby and Kettering, to Market Harborough and indeed the county town, Leicester.

Time Team

Great Easton was visited by archaeological television programme Time Team and the finds included 14th-century pottery, a brick surface thought to be related to the village's old slaughterhouse and a Chinese "cash coin". It appeared on Channel 4 as part of Time Team's Big Dig. The Chinese "cash coin" was placed in the ground for a joke by a local and made the feature in that episode.

References

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Great Easton, Leicestershire)