Peckleton
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Peckleton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The villages of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton also form part of the parish. Thus, according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,077, falling slightly to 1,067 at the 2011 census. Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996. The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Peckleton
- UK place.static_image
- St Mary Magdalene Church in Peckleton - geograph.org.uk - 703262.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary Magdalene's Church
- UK place.population
- 1,067
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton
- UK place.shire_district
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- Leicester
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE9
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK4701
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hinckley and Bosworth
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1067
- Image
- St Mary Magdalene Church in Peckleton - geograph.org.uk - 703262.jpg
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- Commons category
- Peckleton
- OS grid reference
- SK468010
- postal code
- LE9
- P8168
- Great Menderes River
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Peckleton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The villages of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton also form part of the parish. Thus, according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,077, falling slightly to 1,067 at the 2011 census. Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996. The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.
Notable residents of Peckleton include George Vincent (MP), heir (through his mother) to the Moton family which held the manor of Peckleton for centuries; and descendants of Charles Henry Bennett, illustrator to Charles Darwin and Lewis Carroll.
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