Wanlip
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Wanlip is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population of about 150. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar.
To the south of Wanlip is Wanlip Meadows, a Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust nature reserve.
One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where it is listed amongst the lands given to Earl Aubrey [1] by the King. The land described includes a mill. The Earl's son Aubrey de Vere II went on to become Lord Chancellor.
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- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. p.652 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
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