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Thurcaston
Sign in to saveThurcaston is a village in the civil parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, in the Charnwood district, in Leicestershire, England. It was the home of Bishop Hugh Latimer.
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Place details
- Locality
- Leicester
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 877
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Thurcaston and Cropston
- Population
- 800
- Dialing code
- 0116
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- Thurcaston
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- Civil parish
- Richard Hill Primary School
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Thurcaston is a village in the civil parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, in the Charnwood district, in Leicestershire, England. It was the home of Bishop Hugh Latimer.
It borders the villages of Anstey and Cropston, as well as the Leicester suburb of Beaumont Leys. The Rothley Brook flows through the village. The A46 Leicester Western Bypass runs close to the village, separating it from Leicester, Birstall, and Beaumont Leys.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thurcaston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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