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Civil parish in Leicestershire, England

Human settlement in England
Bagworth and Thornton
A statue of a coal miner in Bagworth, to commemorate the village's heritage.
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Civil parish
  • Bagworth and Thornton
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UK
England
Leicestershire
52°40′N 1°20′W / 52.67°N 1.33°W / 52.67; -1.33

Bagworth and Thornton, formerly just Bagworth is a civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,836, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,605. The parish includes the villages of Bagworth and Thornton.

History

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Thornton was merged with Bagworth on 13 August 2001 the parish was renamed "Bagworth & Thornton".

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "Market Bosworth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Leicestershire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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