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Leicestershire

Index Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. [1]

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A14 road (England)

The A14 is a trunk road in England, running from the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk to its western end at the Catthorpe Interchange; a major intersection at the southern end of the M6 and junction 19 of the M1 in Leicestershire.

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A5 road (Great Britain)

The A5 London Holyhead Trunk Road is a major road in England and Wales.

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Ab Kettleby

Ab Kettleby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, located north of Melton Mowbray, on the A606 road.

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Abbey Pumping Station

The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, next to the National Space Centre.

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Alan Duncan

Sir Alan James Carter Duncan (born 31 March 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Alberto Costa (British politician)

Alberto Castrenze Costa (born 13 November 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Alliance & Leicester

Alliance & Leicester plc was a British bank and former building society, formed by the merger in 1985 of the Alliance Building Society and the Leicester Building Society.

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Andrew Bridgen

Andrew James Bridgen (born 28 October 1964) is a Conservative Party politician and businessman.

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Anstey, Leicestershire

Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, England, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood.

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Arnesby

Arnesby is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Arts and Crafts movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s.

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Ashby Canal

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire.

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Ashby de la Zouch Castle

Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.

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Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest.

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Avro Vulcan

The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984.

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Bardon Hill

Bardon Hill is a 13.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the civil parish of Bardon, east of Coalville in Leicestershire, England.

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Barratt Developments

Barratt Developments plc is one of the largest residential property development companies in the United Kingdom operating a network of over 30 divisions.

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Barwell

Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 8,750 people, Increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census, the name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell.

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Battle of Bosworth Field

The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.

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Battlefield Line Railway

The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England.

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Beacon Hill, Leicestershire

Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park.

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Beauchamp College

The Beauchamp College is an upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England.

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Beaumont Leys

Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester, England.

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Belgrave Hall

Belgrave Hall is a Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave.

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Bellfounding

Bellfounding is the casting of bells in a foundry for use in churches, clocks, and public buildings.

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Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir.

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Birmingham–Peterborough line

The Birmingham–Peterborough line is a cross-country railway line in the United Kingdom, linking Birmingham, and, via and.

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Birstall, Leicestershire

Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.

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Blaby

Blaby is a village in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre.

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Blaby District

Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.

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Border Leicester

The Border Leicester is a British breed of sheep.

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Borough of Charnwood

The Borough of Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in the north of Leicestershire, England, which has a population of 166,100 as of the 2011 census.

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Borough of Melton

Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England.

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Bottesford, Leicestershire

Bottesford is a village and civil parish.

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Bradgate Park

Bradgate Park (local pronunciation) is a public park in Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England, northwest of Leicester. It covers. The park lies between the villages of Newtown Linford, Anstey, Cropston, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland. The River Lin runs through the park, flowing into Cropston Reservoir which was constructed on part of the park. To the north-east lies Swithland Wood. The park's two well known landmarks, Old John and the war memorial, both lie just above the contour. The park is part of the 399.3 hectare Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Site of Special Scientific Interest, which has been designated under both biological and geological criteria. Following a fire in April 2017, the owners Bradgate Trust advised that all visitors are expected to be alert to the risk of causing fire, though another fire in June destroyed one of the ancient oaks.

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Brampton Valley Way

The Brampton Valley Way is a rail trail built on the way of the former Northampton to Market Harborough Railway in Northamptonshire, England.

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British Asian

British Asians (also referred as South Asians in the United Kingdom, Asian British people or Asian Britons) are persons of South Asian descent who reside in the United Kingdom.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Gliding Association

The British Gliding Association (BGA) is the governing body for gliding in the United Kingdom.

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British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA), based in Leicester, is the governing body in the UK for hang gliding and paragliding.

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British Judo Association

The British Judo Association (BJA) is the governing body for the Olympic Sport of Judo in the United Kingdom.

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British Parachute Association

The British Parachute Association (BPA) is the national governing body for sport parachuting in the United Kingdom.

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British Psychological Society

The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.

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British Triathlon Federation

The British Triathlon Federation (BTF), formerly known as the British Triathlon Association (BTA), is the national governing body for the sports of triathlon, duathlon and multisport in Great Britain.

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Brooksby Melton College

Brooksby Melton College is a further education college based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

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Broughton Astley

Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome

Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground is a privately owned airport near the village of Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire to the south of Central Leicester.

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Brush Traction

Brush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of Wabtec Corporation, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, and situated alongside the Midland Main railway line.

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Burbage, Leicestershire

Burbage is a village in England.

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Burrough Hill

Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire.

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Campaign for Real Ale

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub.

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Castle Donington

Castle Donington is a small market town and civil parish in Leicestershire, England.

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Centre points of the United Kingdom

There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom, and its constituent countries, due to the complexity and method of the calculation, such as whether to include offshore islands, and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time.

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Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England, are areas of England to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed.

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Charnwood Forest

Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.

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Charnwood Museum

Charnwood Museum is a museum in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Coalville

Coalville is a market town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Corgi Classics

Corgi Classics Limited is a famous die-cast model manufacturer which has its origins in the Corgi Toys brand introduced by Mettoy in 1956.

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Cost Plus World Market

Cost Plus World Market is a chain of specialty/import retail stores, selling home furniture, decor, curtains, rugs, gifts, apparel, coffee, wine, craft beer, as well as several international food products.

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Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe is a large village and civil parish in the Leicestershire district of Blaby, with a population of 6,393 (2001 census, falling slightly to 6,377 at the 2011 census. It lies to the south of Leicester, and is about six miles from the city centre, but only two miles south of the suburb of South Wigston. Nearby places are Blaby and South Wigston to the north, Kilby to the east, Peatling Magna and Willoughby Waterleys to the south, and Broughton Astley, Cosby and Whetstone to the west. According to the 1066 census it had a population of 6. The name Countesthorpe originates from the 11th century when the area was part of the marriage dowry of the Countess Judith niece of William the Conqueror. The 'thorpe' part of the name is a variant of the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village. The parish church of St. Andrew was started in 1220 by the family of Lord William of Ludbrook. It was restored in 1840 and again in 1907. The 14th century tower still remains. The village has three public houses.

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Counties of England

The counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical, cultural or political demarcation.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.

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County flowers of the United Kingdom

In 2002 Plantlife ran a "County Flowers" campaign to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

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Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.

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David Tredinnick (politician)

David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (born 19 January 1950) is a British Conservative Member of Parliament who has represented Bosworth in Leicestershire since 1987.

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De Lisle College

De Lisle College (formerly De Lisle Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, then De Lisle Catholic Science College and sometimes called De Lisle School) is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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De Montfort University

De Montfort University (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England.

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Dean & DeLuca

Dean & DeLuca is an American chain of upscale grocery stores.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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DHL Aviation

DHL Aviation is a division of DHL Express (owned by Deutsche Post DHL) responsible for providing air transport capacity.

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Digitalis purpurea

Digitalis purpurea (foxglove, common foxglove, purple foxglove or lady's glove) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Donington Grand Prix Collection

The Donington Grand Prix Collection, sometime known as the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition, is a museum of motor racing cars, based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, England.

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Donington le Heath Manor House Museum

Donington le Heath Manor House Museum is a surviving example of a manor house built around seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Donington Park

Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.

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Donisthorpe

Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England.

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Download Festival

Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2003.

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East Goscote Hundred

East Goscote Hundred was a hundred of Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient Goscote hundred (also known as a Wapentake) into two.

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East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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East Midlands Airport

East Midlands Airport is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, located in Leicestershire close to Castle Donington.

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Edward Argar

Edward John Comport Argar (born 9 December 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Ellistown

Ellistown is a village about south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England.

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Enclave and exclave

An enclave is a territory, or a part of a territory, that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English cuisine

English cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with England.

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Ernest Gimson

Ernest William Gimson (21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect.

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Everards Brewery

Everards is a regional brewery based in Leicester and founded in 1849 by William Everard and Thomas Hull.

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Eyebrook Reservoir

Eyebrook Reservoir (or Eye Brook Reservoir) is a reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Leicestershire and Rutland, and is between Corby and Uppingham.

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Fairfield Preparatory School

Fairfield Preparatory School is a fee-paying independent mixed preparatory school in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Floral emblem

In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas.

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Footwear

Footwear refers to garments worn on the feet, which originally serves to purpose of protection against adversities of the environment, usually regarding ground textures and temperature.

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Fosse Shopping Park

Fosse Shopping Park is one of Britain's biggest out-of-town shopping parks and it is situated in Enderby parish, in Blaby district, on the southern edge of the city of Leicester, England.

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Fox

Foxes are small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

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Foxton Locks

Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton.

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Framland

Framland was a hundred in north-east Leicestershire, England, roughly corresponding to today's borough of Melton.

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Further education

Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.

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Gartree Hundred

Gartree was a hundred of Leicestershire.

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GCE Advanced Level

The A Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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Ginsters

Ginsters is a company based in Callington in Cornwall, in the south-west of England.

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Glenfield, Leicestershire

Glenfield is a village in the civil parish of Glenfields in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

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Gola (manufacturer)

Gola is a sporting goods manufacturer based in England.

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Goscote Wapentake

Goscote was a wapentake in the county of Leicestershire, England; consisting of the north and north-west of the county.

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Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.

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Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association

The Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) (also known as British Wheelchair Basketball) is a non-profit organisation and the governing body for wheelchair basketball in Great Britain.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Great Glen Methodist Church

Great Glen Methodist Church, Leicestershire, was built in 1827 and a church hall was later added to the east of the church in 1879.

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Great Glen, Leicestershire

Great Glen (or Glenn) is a village in Leicestershire, 2 miles south of Oadby on the outskirts of Leicester.

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Guthlaxton

Guthlaxton is an ancient hundred of Leicestershire.

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Harborough

Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough.

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Harborough Museum

Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough.

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Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. is a supermarket chain based in Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte.

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High Cross, Leicestershire

High Cross is the name given to the crossroads of the Roman roads of Watling Street and Fosse Way in Leicestershire, England.

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High Sheriff of Leicestershire

This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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Hilary Devey

Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE (born 10 March 1957) is an English businesswoman, television personality and entrepreneur, best known for her two-year role on BBC Two programme Dragons' Den until she left to present the Channel 4 series The Intern.

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Hinckley

Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England.

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Hinckley and Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

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Hornby Railways

Hornby Railways is a British model railway brand.

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Hosiery

Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs.

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HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong.

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Hugo Meynell

Hugo Meynell (June 1735 – 14 December 1808) was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1762 and 1780.

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Hula Hoops

Hula Hoops are a snack food made out of potatoes that are sold in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as well as South Africa, in the shape of short, hollow cylinders.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Ibstock

Ibstock is a village and civil parish about south of Coalville in North West Leicestershire, England.

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Institute of Swimming

The Institute of Swimming is a swimming educational organisation based in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

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Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is a British organisation for health and safety professionals.

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John Taylor & Co

John Taylor & Co, commonly known as Taylor's Bell Foundry, Taylor's of Loughborough, or simply Taylor's, is the world's largest working bell foundry.

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Jon Ashworth

Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2011, and is Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

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Kegworth

Kegworth is a large village (population of approximately 3,500) and civil parish in Leicestershire, England.

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Keith Vaz

Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East since the 1987 general election, is the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.

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Kibworth

Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes—the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt.

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Kilkenny

Kilkenny.

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Kirby Muxloe Castle

Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England.

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Knitting

Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric for use in many types of garments.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Launde Abbey

Launde Abbey is located in Leicestershire, England, 14 miles east of the city of Leicester and six miles south west of Oakham, Rutland.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leicester Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester, usually known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in the English city of Leicester and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester.

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Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester.

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Leicester College

Leicester College is a further education college in Leicester, England.

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Leicester Grammar School

Leicester Grammar School (often abbreviated to LGS), is an independent secondary school situated in Great Glen, Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester High School for Girls

Leicester High School for Girls also known as 'LHS' is an independent day school for girls aged 3–18 situated in South Knighton, Leicester.

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Leicester Longwool

The Leicester Longwool is an English breed of sheep.

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Leicester Mercury

The Leicester Mercury is a British regional newspaper for the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Leicester railway station

Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester London Road) serves the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Leicester Symphony Orchestra is based in Leicester, England.

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Leicester Town Hall

Leicester Town Hall stands in the city centre of Leicester, England, in a square which contains a fountain.

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Leicester Urban Area

The Leicester Urban Area or Leicester Built Up Area (2011 onwards) is an urban agglomeration defined by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), centred on the City of Leicester in the English Midlands.

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Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons.

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Leicestershire and Rutland Fire and Rescue Service

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service which covers Leicestershire and Rutland including the unitary authority of Leicester.

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Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire.

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Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Leicestershire Police

Leicestershire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Leicestershire and Rutland in England.

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Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

The Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Leicestershire Police in the English County of Leicestershire.

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Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

The Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra (LSSO) is a youth orchestra based in Leicester, England.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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List of birds of Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicestershire and Rutland are neighbouring counties in the English Midlands.

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List of people from Leicester and Leicestershire

This is a list of notable people born in Leicester, England, or in the county of Leicestershire, educated there, or otherwise associated with the city or county.

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Little Bowden

Little Bowden is an area on the edge of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Liz Kendall

Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West since 2010.

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Local education authority

Local education authorities (LEAs) are the local councils in England and Wales that are responsible for education within their jurisdiction.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

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Loughborough

Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University.

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Loughborough College

Loughborough College is a general further education college located in Leicestershire, England which offers a range of courses including further education, higher education, apprenticeships and professional qualifications.

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Loughborough Grammar School

Loughborough Grammar School (commonly LGS) founded in 1495 by Thomas Burton, is an independent school for boys in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Loughborough High School

Loughborough High School is a selective, independent school for girls in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

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Loughborough University

Loughborough University (abbreviated as Lough for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.

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Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo AG is a German cargo airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa.

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Lutterworth

Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Lutterworth College

Lutterworth College is a large 11–19 non-selective, inclusive, comprehensive, Church of England Secondary School and Sixth Form College with academy status, and is the main school within the Lutterworth Academies Trust.

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M1 motorway

The M1 is a motorway in England connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.

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M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45).

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Magna Park, Lutterworth

Magna Park is a road warehousing and logistic centre (distribution centre) located near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England.

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Mallory Park

Mallory Park is a motor racing circuit situated in the village of Kirkby Mallory, just off the A47, between Leicester and Hinckley, in central England.

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Marilyn (geography)

A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit.

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Market Harborough

Market Harborough is a market town within the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.

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Mattar paneer

Mattar paneer is a vegetarian north Indian dish consisting of peas and paneer in a tomato based sauce, spiced with garam masala.

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Mattioli Woods

Mattioli Woods is a provider of wealth management and employee benefit services.

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Measham

Measham is a large English village in Leicestershire close to the borders with Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

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Melton Carnegie Museum

The Melton Carnegie Museum is a museum in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, which documents the history of the market town.

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Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in Leicestershire, England, northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham.

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Middle school

A middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school.

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Midland Main Line

The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in the north of England.

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Moira Furnace

Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.

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Mount St Bernard Abbey

Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Catholic (Cistercian) monastery of the Strict Observance (Trappists) near Coalville in Leicestershire, England, formerly in the parish of Whitwick and now of that in Charley, in Charnwood Forest, founded in 1835.

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Multi Fibre Arrangement

The Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA) governed the world trade in textiles and garments from 1974 through 2004, imposing quotas on the amount developing countries could export to developed countries.

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National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) is a UK-based independent examination board delivering vocational qualifications in health, safety & environmental practice and management.

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National qualifications frameworks in the United Kingdom

The national qualification frameworks in the United Kingdom are qualifications frameworks that define and link the levels and credit values of different qualifications.

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National Space Centre

The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester.

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Neil O'Brien

Neil John O'Brien, (born 6 November 1978), is the Member of Parliament for Harborough.

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Netherseal

Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire,OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest:(1:25 000): retrieved 11 April 2013 situated in the South Derbyshire district.

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Next plc

Next, styled as next, is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer headquartered in Enderby, Leicestershire.

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Nicky Morgan

Nicola Ann Morgan (née Griffith; born 1 October 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician and former lawyer who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough since 2010 and was the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from July 2014 to July 2016.

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Nik Naks (British snack)

Nik Naks are a type of extruded corn snack previously manufactured by Sooner Snacks, from 1941, in the United Kingdom.

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Noble Automotive

Noble Automotive Ltd., more commonly known simply as Noble, is a British sports car manufacturer based in Leicester.

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North West Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.

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Northampton

Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (pronounced or; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.

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Oadby

Oadby is a small town in Leicestershire, three miles south east of Leicester city centre.

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Oadby and Wigston

Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire.

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Paneer

Paneer is a fresh cheese common in South Asia, especially in India.

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Pedigree Petfoods

Pedigree Petfoods is a subsidiary of the American group Mars, Incorporated specializing in pet food, with factories in England at Melton Mowbray and Birstall, Leeds; and offices at McLean, Virginia.

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Plantlife

Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity., it owned 23 nature reserves around the United Kingdom.

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Pork pie

A pork pie is a traditional British cold meat pie.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Pukka Pies

Pukka Pies is a manufacturer of pies based in Syston, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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Quorn, Leicestershire

Quorn is a village in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough.

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Ratcliffe College

Ratcliffe College is a coeducational Catholic independent boarding and day school in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, approximately from Leicester, England.

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Red Leicester

Red Leicester (also known simply as Leicester or Leicestershire cheese) is an English cheese, made in a similar manner to Cheddar cheese, although it is crumblier, sold at 3 to 12 months of age.

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River Avon, Warwickshire

The River Avon or Avon is a river in central England.

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River Devon, Nottinghamshire

The River Devon is a tributary of the River Trent, which rises in Leicestershire and joins the Trent at Newark in Nottinghamshire, England.

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River Sence

The River Sence is a river which flows in Leicestershire, England.

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River Soar

The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire.

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River Trent

The River Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom.

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River Welland

The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long.

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River Wreake

The River Wreake is a river in Leicestershire, England.

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Robert Bakewell (agriculturalist)

Robert Bakewell (23 May 1725 – 1 October 1795) was a British agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution.

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Rothley

Rothley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.

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Royal Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland (Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba, Ryal Bank o Scotland, Banc Brenhinol yr Alban), commonly abbreviated as RBS, is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, together with NatWest and Ulster Bank.

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Royal Mail

Royal Mail plc (Post Brenhinol; a' Phuist Rìoghail) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516.

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Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.

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Samworth Brothers

Samworth Brothers are a Leicestershire-based food manufacturer, the owner of Cornish pasty maker Ginsters, and the largest maker of certified Melton Mowbray pork pies.

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Sari

A sari, saree, or shariThe name of the garment in various regional languages include:শাড়ি, साड़ी, ଶାଢୀ, ಸೀರೆ,, साडी, कापड, चीरे,, സാരി, साडी, सारी, ਸਾਰੀ, புடவை, చీర, ساڑى is a female garment from the Indian subcontinent that consists of a drape varying from five to nine yards (4.5 metres to 8 metres) in length and two to four feet (60 cm to 1.20 m) in breadth that is typically wrapped around the waist, with one end draped over the shoulder, baring the midriff.

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Shalwar kameez

Shalwar kameez, also spelled salwar kameez or shalwar qameez, is a traditional outfit originating in the Indian subcontinent.

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Sheba (cat food)

Sheba is a brand of canned cat food produced by Mars, Incorporated.

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Shoe Zone

Shoe Zone (stylised as shoezone) is a footwear retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland which sells shoes at low prices.

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Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form (sometimes referred to as Key Stage 5) represents the final 1-3 years of secondary education (high school), where students (typically between 16 and 18 years of age) prepare for their A-level (or equivalent) examinations.

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Skips (snack)

Skips are a snack from the United Kingdom and Ireland; which were first launched in 1974 in prawn cocktail flavour.

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Snibston

Snibston is an area east of Ravenstone, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands.

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Sofidel Group

Sofidel is an Italian producer of tissue paper for sanitary and domestic use.

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South Leicestershire College

South Leicestershire College, formerly Wigston College, is a general college of further education, which opened in 1970.

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Space Raiders (snack food)

Space Raiders are an inexpensive British corn-based snack food.

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Sparkenhoe

Sparkenhoe was a hundred of Leicestershire, England.

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Sports car

A sports car, or sportscar, is a small, usually two-seater, two-door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

Stanford Hall is a stately home in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Stanford on Avon (which is in Northamptonshire) and the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

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Stapleford Miniature Railway

Stapleford Miniature Railway is a historic steam locomotive-hauled gauge railway at Stapleford Park, Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England.

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Stapleford Park

Stapleford Park is a Grade I listed country house in Stapleford, near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England, which is now used as a hotel.

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State Bank of India

State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company.

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Stephenson College, Coalville

Stephenson College Coalville is a further and higher education college in Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Stilton cheese

Stilton is an English cheese, produced in two varieties: Blue, known for its characteristic strong smell and taste, and the lesser-known White.

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Stoney Cove

Stoney Cove is a large flooded quarry which is a popular inland scuba diving site, located between Stoney Stanton and Sapcote in Leicestershire, England.

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Swim England

Swim England is the brand name for the Amateur Swimming Association, the first sport governing body of swimming to be established in the world and today remains the English national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and synchronised swimming.

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Swithland Wood and The Brand

Swithland Wood and The Brand is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire.

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The Emporium, Leicestershire

The Emporium is a club located in Coalville, Leicestershire established under that name in 1995.

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The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.

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The National Forest (England)

The National Forest is an environmental project in central England run by The National Forest Company.

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TNT N.V.

TNT N.V. was an international express, mail delivery and logistics services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

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Toilet paper

Toilet paper is a tissue paper product people primarily use to clean the anus and surrounding area of fecal material after defecation and to clean the perineal area of urine after urination and other bodily fluid releases.

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Trent Lock

Trent Lock (otherwise Trentlock) is located south of Long Eaton, on the borders of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.

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Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership.

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Twycross Zoo

Twycross Zoo is a medium to large zoo near Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire.

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Ultima Sports

Ultima Sports Ltd. are a sports car manufacturer based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.

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Ulverscroft Priory

Ulverscroft Priory is a former hermitage and priory in Ulverscroft, Leicestershire.

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Unitary authorities of England

Unitary authorities of England are local authorities that are responsible for the provision of all local government services within a district.

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Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government.

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United Biscuits

United Biscuits ("UB") is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company.

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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust was created in April 2000 with the merger of the Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary.

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University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England.

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University of Leicester Botanic Garden

The University of Leicester Harold Martin Botanic Garden is a botanic garden close to the halls of residence for the University of Leicester in Oadby, Leicestershire, England.

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Upper school

Upper schools tend to be schools within secondary education.

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Vale of Belvoir

The Vale of Belvoir is an area of natural beauty on the borders of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in England.

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Volleyball England

Volleyball England, is the trading name for the English Volleyball Association Limited, and is the controlling body for volleyball in England.

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Walkers (snack foods)

Walkers is a British snack food manufacturer mainly operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Watermead Country Park

The Watermead Country Park is a network of artificial lakes in the valley of the River Soar and the old Grand Union Canal, to the north of Leicester, in the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire.

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Watling Street

Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.

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Wegmans

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain; it is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

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Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College

Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College (Welbeck DSFC) is an independent, selective sixth form college in Woodhouse, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, providing A-Level education for candidates to the technical branches of the British Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence civil service and privately funded students.

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West Goscote

West Goscote was a hundred of Leicestershire, that arose from the division of the ancient Goscote hundred into two.

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Whetstone, Leicestershire

Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.

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Whiskas

Whiskas (formerly known as Kal Kan) is a brand of cat food sold throughout the world.

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Whitwick

Whitwick is a large village in Leicestershire, England and is an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington.

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Widdowson Group

Widdowson Group is a family owned and operated company in the British logistics industry.

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Wigston

Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199.

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Wilson Bowden

Wilson Bowden plc was a British housebuilding and general construction company headquartered in Coalville in central England.

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Youth Sport Trust

The Youth Sport Trust is a British charitable trust which aims to support the education and development of young people through physical education.

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3M

The 3M Company, formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicestershire

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