Whitwick, Leicestershire

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Whitwick is a village in Coalville, Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

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

Whitwick in historic gazetteers

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

Whitwick, town, par., and township with ry. Sta., Leicestershire, 5 miles E. of Ashby de la Zouch and 7 SW. of Loughborough - par., 6220 ac., pop. 6536; town and township, 3382 ac., pop. 3881; P.O., T.O. Whitwick dates from a remote period, and has some remains of an ancient castle of the Earls of Lancaster. The church (restored 1840) is a fine old building. The market place is spacious, and has been much improved. The mfr. of hosiery is the principal industry; coal mines are in vicinity. Whitwick township is a local government district.

Whitwick in the Domesday Book

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

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