Measham, Leicestershire

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Measham is a village in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Measham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Measham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Measham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., detached part of Derbyshire, 8 miles NW of Market Bosworth by rail and 3½ miles SW. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch - par., pop. 1769; township, 1490 ac., pop. 1677; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Measham Hall, seat.

Measham in the Domesday Book

A village in Walecros hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

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