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Coalville is a market town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. [1]

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A511 road

The A511 road is a stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest from Markfield in Leicestershire, England to Foston in South Derbyshire.

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Act of Uniformity 1662

The Act of Uniformity 1662 (14 Car 2 c 4) is an Act of the Parliament of England.

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Action Force

Action Force was a brand of European action figures released in the 1980s that was based on the Action Man toyline.

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Action Man

Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man": G.I. Joe.

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Afghan Hound

The Afghan Hound is a hound that is distinguished by its thick, fine, silky coat and its tail with a ring curl at the end.

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Aggregate Industries

Aggregate Industries, a member of LafargeHolcim, is a company based in the United Kingdom with headquarters at Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.

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Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle

Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle (17 March 1809 – 5 March 1878) was an English Catholic convert.

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Andrew Bridgen

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

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Anglican Diocese of Peterborough

The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.

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Arriva Midlands

Arriva Midlands is a bus operator providing services in the East Midlands and West Midlands areas of England.

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Arson

Arson is a crime of intentionally, deliberately and maliciously setting fire to buildings, wildland areas, abandoned homes, vehicles or other property with the intent to cause damage or enjoy the act.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Ashby de la Zouch Rural District

Ashby de la Zouch Rural District was a rural district in England, near Ashby de la Zouch (which was an urban district).

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Ashby Woulds

Ashby Woulds is a civil parish in 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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Bagworth

Bagworth is a village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester.

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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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Bardon Park Chapel

Bardon Park Chapel is a 300-year-old Christian meeting house at Bardon, Leicestershire, England.

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Bardon, Leicestershire

Bardon is a civil parish and former village in North West Leicestershire about southeast of the centre of Coalville.

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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War.

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Board game

A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.

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British and Foreign School Society

The British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town on the River Trent in East Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire.

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Care Bears

The Care Bears are a group of multi-colored bear characters.

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Castle Donington Rural District

The rural district of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England, was formed in 1894 and abolished in 1974.

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Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, with added dyes and other agents.

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Centenary of the outbreak of World War I

The centenary of the outbreak of World War I was commemorated in Europe in late July and early August 2014.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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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 Forest Railway

The Charnwood Forest Railway was a branch line in Leicestershire constructed by the Charnwood Forest Company between 1881 and 1883.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Coalville Evangelical Church

Coalville Evangelical Church, is one of the main churches in the town of Coalville in North-West Leicestershire.

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Coalville Greyhound Stadium

Coalville Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium on Belvoir Road, Coalville, North West Leicestershire.

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Coalville Town F.C.

Coalville Town Football Club is a football club based in Coalville, Leicestershire, England.

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Coleorton

Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.

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Congregational church

Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

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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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Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.

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David Brett

David Brett is an English actor, singer and arranger.

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David Taylor (Labour politician)

David Leslie Taylor (22 August 1946 – 26 December 2009) was an English Labour Co-operative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire from 1997 until his death in 2009.

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF; stylised as all lowercase) was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England.

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Diocese of Leicester

The Diocese of Leicester is a Church of England diocese based in Leicester and including the current county of Leicestershire.

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Dissent

Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea (e.g., a government's policies) or an entity (e.g., an individual or political party which supports such policies).

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Donington le Heath

Donington le Heath is a village on the River Sence just over south of the centre of Coalville in North West Leicestershire.

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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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Dunelm Group

Dunelm Group plc (formerly Dunelm Mill) is a British home furnishings retailer with 150 stores and over 100 in-store Pausa coffee shops, throughout the United Kingdom.

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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 Bagshawe (bishop)

Edward Gilpin Bagshawe (12 January 1829 – 6 February 1915) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham.

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Edwin Walker (cricketer)

Edwin William Walker (27 December 1909 – 16 March 1994) was an English cricketer.

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Elementary Education Act 1870

The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales.

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Elliott Moore

Elliott Jordan Moore (born 16 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for OH Leuven, on loan from Leicester City.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Everard Digby

Sir Everard Digby (c. 1578 – 30 January 1606) was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

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FA Vase

The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System (or equivalently, below tier 8 of the overall English football league system).

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Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches

The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) is a growing network of over 500 independent, evangelical churches mainly in the United Kingdom that preach an evangelical faith.

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Gemma Steel

Gemma Steel (born 12 November 1985) is a British long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running competitions.

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General Baptists

General Baptists are Baptists who hold the general or unlimited atonement view, the belief that Jesus Christ died for the entire world and not just for the chosen elect.

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General Mills

General Mills, Inc., is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores.

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George Smith (philanthropist)

George Smith (1831 - 1895) was a manager of the Whitwick Colliery Company Tileries in Leicestershire, England during the nineteenth century, who campaigned against industrial child labour.

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George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.

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Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.

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Gregg Mayles

Gregory Ashley "Gregg" Mayles (born 29 April 1971) is a British video game designer currently working for video game company Rare as Creative director.

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Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhound dogs are raced around a track.

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Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom

Greyhound racing is a popular industry in Great Britain with attendances at around 3.2 million at over 5,750 meetings, in 2007 alone.

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Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.

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Henry Isaac Stevens

Henry Isaac Stevens FRIBA was an architect based in Derby.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Hinckley

Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England.

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HM Prison Leicester

HM Prison Leicester is a local men's prison, located in the Southfields area of Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

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Horace Rendall Mansfield

Horace Rendall Mansfield (25 December 1863 – 9 February 1914) was a British Liberal Party politician.

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Hugglescote

Hugglescote is a village on the River Sence in North West Leicestershire, England.

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Hugh Adcock

Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.

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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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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Ivanhoe line

The Ivanhoe line was the local passenger service operated on the Midland Main Line between and between 1993, when three intermediate stations were re-opened, and June 2005, when the separate Leicester–Loughborough service was withdrawn.

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James Hunt (judge)

Sir Patrick James Hunt (26 January 1943 – 8 November 2006) was an English barrister and a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Joe Lees

Joseph William D. Lees (q1 1892 – 26 July 1933) was an English footballer who scored 31 goals from 92 appearances in the Football League playing for Barnsley, Rotherham County, Lincoln City and Halifax Town.

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Kathleen Fidler

Kathleen Fidler (Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie) was a prolific author of children's books, born on 10 August 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Kenner Star Wars action figures

The Kenner toy company produced a line of Star Wars action figures based on characters in the original Star Wars movie trilogy.

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King Edward VII Science and Sport College

King Edward VII Science and Sport College (formerly "King Edward VII Community College", and earlier "King Edward VII Grammar School") is a mixed upper school and sixth form located in Coalville in the English county of Leicestershire.

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Labour Party (UK)

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

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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 and Swannington Railway

The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.

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Leicester–Burton upon Trent line

The Leicester–Burton upon Trent line is a freight-only railway line in England linking the Midland Main Line south of to the Cross Country Route at.

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Leicestershire

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

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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 Yeomanry

The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794 and again in 1803, which provided cavalry and mounted infantry in the Second Boer War and the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments of the Royal Artillery in the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the Derbyshire Yeomanry into forming the Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957.

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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 railway station

Loughborough railway station is a Grade II listed railway station in Loughborough Leicestershire, England, on the Midland Main Line, north of London St Pancras.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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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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Market Bosworth Rural District

The rural district of Market Bosworth existed from 1894 to 1974 in Leicestershire, England.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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MC Pitman

MC Pitman is a rapper and hip-hop producer from Coalville, Leicestershire, UK.

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Merlin

Merlin (Myrddin) is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in Arthurian legend and medieval Welsh poetry.

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Merlin (game)

Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978.

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Methodist Union

For English Methodists, Methodist Union refers to the joining together, in 1932, of several of the larger Methodist denominations.

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Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, trading as Morrisons, is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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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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National Greyhound Racing Club

The National Greyhound Racing Club was a former organisation that governed greyhound racing in Great Britain.

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National school (Ireland)

In the Republic of Ireland, a National school is a type of primary school that is financed directly by the State, but administered jointly by the State, a patron body, and local representatives.

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Noele Gordon

Joan Noele Gordon (25 December 1919 – 14 April 1985) was a British stage, film, television actress and presenter.

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Nonconformist

In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.

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Norman Bird

John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor.

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North West Leicestershire

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

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North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative.

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Northern Premier League

The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968.

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Nuneaton

Nuneaton is a town in northern Warwickshire, England.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Osgathorpe

Osgathorpe is a small village which lies in a fold of the hills in North West Leicestershire, England, and is about a quarter of a mile from the A512 Coalville to Loughborough Road.

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Otto Beit

Sir Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet, KCMG, FRS (7 December 1865 – 7 December 1930) was a German-born British financier, philanthropist and art connoisseur.

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Palitoy

Palitoy was a British toy company.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism or Classical Pentecostalism is a renewal movement"Spirit and Power: A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals",.

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Pippa (doll)

Pippa was a "pocket-sized" fashion doll, like Polly Pocket, offered by British toymaker Palitoy between 1972 and 1980.

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Primitive Methodist Church is a body of Holiness Christians within the Methodist tradition, which began in England in the early 19th century, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834).

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Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground.

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Ravenstone, Leicestershire

Ravenstone is a small rural cluster village with a population of 2149, situated just off the A511 road between Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England.

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Reformed Baptists

Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology.

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Restoration (England)

The Restoration of the English monarchy took place in the Stuart period.

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Richard Beeching

Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways and an affiliate of the Conservative Party in Britain.

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Robert Thomas (sculptor)

Robert Thomas (1 August 1926 – 11 May 1999) was a Welsh sculptor born in Cwmparc in the Rhondda Valley.

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Romans-sur-Isère

Romans-sur-Isère (Occitan: Rumans d'Isèra;Old Occitan: Romans) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Royal Leicestershire Regiment

The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete.

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Sid Wileman

Sidney Wileman (26 April 1910 – 26 June 1985) was an English footballer who played for Gresley Rovers, Derby County, Port Vale, and Hinckley United.

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Simon Bookish

Simon Bookish is the stage name of Leo Chadburn, a British musician and composer, known for his work in experimental, electronic, pop and classical music.

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Snibston

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

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Sorting office

A sorting office or processing and distribution center (P&DC; name used by the United States Postal Service (USPS)) is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, which may be a direct delivery or sent onwards to another regional or local sorting office, or to another postal administration.

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Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Specialist schools programme

The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas.

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Stephenson College, Coalville

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

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Steve Whitworth

Stephen "Steve" Whitworth (born 20 March 1952) is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Leicester City, Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers and Mansfield Town.

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Stoke Golding

Stoke Golding is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, which lies in the heart of England, in South West Leicestershire, close to the county border with Warwickshire.

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Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake is a cartoon character originally used in greeting cards, but was later expanded to include dolls, posters, and other products.

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Swannington, Leicestershire

Swannington is a former mining village in Leicestershire, England.

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Swithland

Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.

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TEREX Pegson

Terex Pegson Limited is a UK manufacturer of mobile crushing machines, and is part of the Terex Corporation.

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Tesco

Tesco plc, trading as Tesco, is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer with headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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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 Flying Pickets

The Flying Pickets are a British a cappella vocal group, who had a Christmas number one hit in 1983 in the UK Singles Chart with their cover version of Yazoo's track "Only You".

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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Thomas Hemsley

Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley, CBE (12 April 192711 April 2013) was an English baritone.

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Thomas Ignatius McCarthy

Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in Coalville, Leicestershire.

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Thringstone

Thringstone is a village in north-west Leicestershire, England about north of Coalville.

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Tina Baker

Tina Baker (born 4 May 1958 (Age 59), in Coalville, Leicestershire, England) is a broadcaster and journalist and a leading British soap opera and TV critic.

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Tiny Tears

Tiny Tears was a doll manufactured by the American Character Doll Company.

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Toleration Act 1689

The Toleration Act 1689 (1 Will & Mary c 18), also referred to as the Act of Toleration, was an Act of the Parliament of England, which received the royal assent on 24 May 1689.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Tom Hopper

Thomas Edward Hopper (born 28 January 1985) is an English actor who has appeared in several television programmes and films including Merlin, Doctor Who, Casualty, Game of Thrones and Tormented.

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Tommy Robinson (footballer)

Thomas Edward Robinson (11 February 1909 – 1982) was an English professional footballer born in Coalville, Leicestershire, who scored 37 goals in 121 appearances in the Football League playing as an inside left for Birmingham, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Northampton Town, Gillingham and Walsall.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Tressy

Tressy is an American fashion doll with a feature to adjust the length of its hair.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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United Methodist Church (Great Britain)

The United Methodist Church in Great Britain was a Protestant denomination that existed in the early twentieth century.

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United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian church in the United Kingdom.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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W. G. Hoskins

William George Hoskins CBE FBA (22 May 1908 – 11 January 1992) was an English local historian who founded the first university department of English Local History.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)

The Wesleyan Methodist Church was the name used by the majority Methodist movement in Great Britain following its split from the Church of England after the death of John Wesley and the appearance of parallel Methodist movements.

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Wesleyan Reform Union

The Wesleyan Reform Union is an independent Methodist Connexion based in the United Kingdom.

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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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Wigston

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

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William Bees

William Dolman Bees VC (12 September 1871 – 20 June 1938) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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William Stenson

William Stenson (1770–1861) was a mining engineer born in Coleorton, Leicestershire.

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Windmill

A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades.

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World war

A world war, is a large-scale war involving many of the countries of the world or many of the most powerful and populous ones.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

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