Leicestershire
Harborough District
Leire

Leire

Leire is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of , England. The name is thought to originate from the old British name for the , which has a tributary with a source south of the village.
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Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 637 residents
  • Description: village in Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Leire, Leicestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Peter’s Church, Ashby Parva.

Church
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is a church in , . It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church
Photo: Tim Glover, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sutton in the Elms and Bitteswell.

Hamlet
is a settlement in the northwest of , . Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise Broughton Astley: namely Broctone, Sutone and Torp. is situated 2½ miles north of Leire.

Village
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of in England. is situated 2½ miles south of Leire.

Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in north-eastern , England. The village was originally within the civil parish of in . is situated 3½ miles southwest of Leire.

Leire

Latitude
52.50572° or 52° 30′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.22818° or 1° 13′ 42″ west
Population
637
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Open location code
9C4WGQ4C+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2045982854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11592630
Wiki­data ID
Q6520197
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Leire” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Leire”
  • Bulgarian: “Леире”
  • Cebuano: “Leire”
  • Dutch: “Leire”
  • French: “Leire”
  • Irish: “Leire”
  • Japanese: “ライレ”
  • Ladin: “Leire”
  • Polish: “Leire”
  • Spanish: “Leire”
  • Swedish: “Leire”
  • Welsh: “Leire”
  • “Leire”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leire Village Hall and Leire Playing Field.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leire”. Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.