Garthorpe, Leicestershire
| Garthorpe | |
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 The River Eye passing through Garthorpe | |
  Garthorpe Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 418 (2011 Census) |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Melton Mowbray |
| Postcode district | LE14 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Garthorpe is a village and civil parish (called Garthorpe and Fockerby) in Leicestershire, England, in the Melton district. It is about five miles east of Melton Mowbray. The parish includes the villages of Garthorpe and Coston, and is near Saxby (in Freeby parish), Wymondham, Buckminster and Sproxton.The parish has a population of about 100.[1]
The civil parish had a population of 418 at the 2011 census.[2]
St Mary's Church is a redundant Church of England parish church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] The building is Grade I listed.[4]
References
- ^ "Census 2001 Parish Profile: Garthorpe" (PDF). Leicestershire Country Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ St Mary's Church, Garthorpe, Leicestershire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1307476)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 April 2014
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