Thringstone

Also known as Thringstone, Leicestershire

Thringstone is a village in the North West Leicestershire district, in Leicestershire, England. About north of Coalville, it lies in the English National Forest.

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Place details

Locality: North West Leicestershire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Population: 2891
Image: The Bulls Head - geograph.org.uk - 1540965.jpg
Dialing code: 01530

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Commons category: Thringstone
OS grid reference: SK425175
P8168: Cole Porter

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Contents

Demographics
Geology
History
19th- and 20th-century expansion and boundary changes
Character and buildings of interest
Thringstone School
The Charnwood Forest Canal (Thringstone to Nanpantan)
Bauble cottage industry
Saint Andrew's Parish Church
Vicars of Thringstone
Methodism
Thringstone House Community Centre
Local government
Grace Dieu Priory
Friends of Thringstone and Whitwick Woods
Historic public houses
Sport
Notable residents
References
External links

Thringstone is a village in the North West Leicestershire district, in Leicestershire, England. About north of Coalville, it lies in the English National Forest.

Until 1875, Thringstone had been a township within the ancient parish of Whitwick. The township of Thringstone, based on a feudal (manorial) division of land carved out during the Anglo-Saxon period, comprised Thringstone village (then known as South Thringstone) and the hamlets of Peggs Green and Rotten Row in an area known as North Thringstone. Thringstone became an independent and autonomous civil parish in 1866, though this was dissolved on 1 April 1936 when outlying parts of the parish were transferred to Belton, Coleorton, Osgathorpe, Swannington and Worthington and the remainder was transferred to the civil parish and Urban District of Coalville. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,566. The geographical area known as Thringstone today bears little resemblance to that known as Thringstone before World War II. In 2023, Thringstone is not part of a civil parish.