Burton Lazars
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Burton Lazars is a small village 2 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.The name originates from Burton Saint Lazarus after Lord Roger de Mowbray opened a Leper Hospital to take advantage of the natural spring water in the 12th century.
The village currently has population of between 400-500.
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The Order of Saint Lazarus established leper hospitals with the first being in Jerusulem in 530 ad . The English branch of the order was based at Burton Lazars, Leicestershire in 1150 ad. It was suppresed by Henry VIII in 1544.
