Shepshed, Leicestershire

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Shepshed is a town in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

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

Shepshed in historic gazetteers

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

Sheepshed, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Leicestershire, 4 miles W. of Loughborough, 5280 ac., pop. 4437; P.O., T.O. Framework knitting, glove making, needle making, and granite working are carried on.

Shepshed in the Domesday Book

A village in Goscote hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

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