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Belvoir, Leicestershire

Coordinates: 52°53′32″N 0°46′59″W / 52.89212°N 0.78315°W / 52.89212; -0.78315
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Belvoir
Belvoir is located in Leicestershire
Belvoir
Belvoir
Location within Leicestershire
Population263 (Including Knipton and Harston. 2011)
OS grid referenceSK819334
• London100 mi (160 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Belvoir
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANTHAM
Postcode districtNG32
Dialling code01476
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°53′32″N 0°46′59″W / 52.89212°N 0.78315°W / 52.89212; -0.78315

Belvoir (/ˈbvər/ BEE-vər) is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, close to the county boundary with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham, 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of the village.

History

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The village's name derives from bel-vedeir meaning 'the beautiful view'.[1]

It was the location of Belvoir Priory.

Iron ore was formerly quarried in the parish and details can be found in the articles on Knipton and Harston. The quarries were near Harston, to the south of Knipton and between Belvoir and Knipton.

In December 1936 the civil parish was enlarged by gaining the former area of Harston and Knipton parishes which were abolished.[2]

On 1 April 1965 the parish gained 146 acres from Woolsthorpe by Belvoir in Lincolnshire and 9 acres went the other way.[3]

Geography

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The parish includes the villages of Belvoir, Knipton and Harston. Nearby places outside the parish are Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Redmile, and Croxton Kerrial.

The village is the site of Belvoir Castle, which "stands on a prominent spur jutting northwards" into the Vale of Belvoir.[4]

References

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Media related to Belvoir, Leicestershire at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ^ M. of H. Order No. 84988. The County of Leicester (Melton and Belvoir RD) (Union of Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1936
  3. ^ The East Midland Counties Order, 1965
  4. ^ Fox, Alan (1 April 2010). A Lost Frontier Revealed: Regional Separation in the East Midlands. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-907396-36-6.