Theddingworth

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Theddingworth
Leicestershire

Theddingworth Village Hall
Location
Grid reference: SP668855
Location: 52°27’56"N, 1°1’7"W
Data
Population: 217  (2011)
Post town: Lutterworth
Postcode: LE17
Local Government
Council: Harborough

Theddingworth is a village and parish in Leicestershire adjacent to the border with Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 217.[1] The ancient parish includes the neighbouring hamlet of Hothorpe, which lies across the county border in Northamptonshire.

Theddingworth lies about five miles west of Market Harborough on the road to Lutterworth. It is on the north bank of the River Welland, which forms the county border with Northamptonshire. The Grand Union Canal passes within a mile. There is a church and Congregational Chapel. Theddingworth railway station was a former stop on the Rugby to Market Harborough line.

References

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Theddingworth)
  • 'Theddingworth', A History of the County of Leicester: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (1964), pp. 312–321. Accessed: 7 September 2008

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