Peatling Magna
| Peatling Magna | |
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 Corner of Main Street and School Lane, Peatling Magna | |
  Peatling Magna | |
| Peatling Magna shown within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 210 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP593930 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEICESTER |
| Postcode district | LE8 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Peatling Magna is a village in Harborough District, south Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 210.[1] It lies 3.7 km north-east of Ashby Magna and 2.9 km north-north-east of Peatling Parva.
In 1384, Peatling Magna was mentioned as "Great Petlyng" in a pardon granted to Thomas Astell, Thomas Mathew, and John Scot of "Great Petlyng" for the death of Nicholas Man of "Great Petlyng", as William de Skypwith and other justices assigned to deliver the gaol (jail) at Leicester Castle found that Astell and the others had acted in self-defense. (Just how three men killed one man in "self-defense" was not explained.) [2]
Church
The church of All Saints is mainly of the 14th and 15th centuries and contains some fine examples of carved woodwork of different periods.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II Volume 2 (1381 - 1385) p.479
- ↑ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the North. London: Collins; p. 170
External links
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