Skeffington
Skeffington is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It lies 11 miles/18 km east of Leicester on the A47 Uppingham road, between Billesdon and Tugby and Keythorpe. The population at the 2011 census was 223.Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 226 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK
- Also known as: “Skeffington, Leicestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas a Becket, Skeffington and Skeffington Hall.
Skeffington Hall
Residential building
Photo: Matt Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skeffington Hall is a 15th-century Manor House which stands in parkland off the main street of the village of Skeffington, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is privately owned.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Billesdon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tugby and Tilton on the Hill.
Tugby
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tugby is a village, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Skeffington.
Tilton on the Hill
Village
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tilton on the Hill is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Tilton on the Hill and Halstead in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. Tilton on the Hill is situated 2 miles north of Skeffington.
Halstead
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halstead is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles north of Skeffington.
Skeffington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Skeffington, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.61646° or 52° 36′ 59″ northLongitude
-0.90504° or 0° 54′ 18″ westPopulation
226Elevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
9C4XJ38V+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 26852480OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637767Wikidata ID
Q11835948
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Skeffington” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Скефингтон”
- Cebuano: “Skeffington”
- Dutch: “Skeffington”
- French: “Skeffington”
- Irish: “Skeffington”
- Ladin: “Skeffington”
- Polish: “Skeffington”
- Swedish: “Skeffington”
- Welsh: “Skeffington”
- “Skeffington”
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