Brascote
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Brascote is a hamlet forming part of the Newbold Verdon
civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth
district of Leicestershire
, England
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Among a handful of residences is a pub, named The Windmill. Previous medieval and post medieval settlements on the same site were deserted.
Brascote House, one of the two farms in Brascote was demolished in 2009 to allow for the land beneath to be quarried.
Newbold Verdon
Newbold Verdon is a village and civil parish in the county of Leicestershire, England.The Domesday Book records the settlement as Niwebold. It acquired the suffix Verdon from Nicholas de Verdon who owned the manor in 1226. His descendant William de Ferrers was born here in 1332 or 1333...
civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth
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. Its only towns are Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth...
district of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Among a handful of residences is a pub, named The Windmill. Previous medieval and post medieval settlements on the same site were deserted.
Brascote House, one of the two farms in Brascote was demolished in 2009 to allow for the land beneath to be quarried.