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Misterton with Walcote

Coordinates: 52°27′07″N 1°09′53″W / 52.45193°N 1.16472°W / 52.45193; -1.16472
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Misterton with Walcote
St Leonards Church, Misterton
Misterton with Walcote is located in Leicestershire
Misterton with Walcote
Misterton with Walcote
Location within Leicestershire
Population486  (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP568841
Civil parish
  • Misterton with Walcote
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTTERWORTH
Postcode districtLE17
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°27′07″N 1°09′53″W / 52.45193°N 1.16472°W / 52.45193; -1.16472

Misterton with Walcote, formerly just Misterton is a civil parish in the English county of Leicestershire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 486.[1]

It forms part of the Harborough district. Of its two settlements Walcote is by far the larger, but Misterton has the parish church.

Walcote is on the A4304 road some two miles east of the town of Lutterworth and a mile east of Junction 20 of the M1 motorway.

The village has one public house, The Black Horse, which re-opened in 2017. The Tavern is now a private dwelling.

History

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The parish was renamed from "Misterton" to "Misterton with Walcote" on 1 April 1995.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Market Harborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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