Farm Town
Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles east of Ashby de la Zouch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Farm Town, Leicestershire” and “Farmtown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John Chapel and Ashby de la Zouch Castle.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Photo: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park. Ashby de la Zouch Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Farm Town.
Hough Windmill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hough Windmill is a tower windmill in Swannington, Leicestershire, England built in the late 18th century on the boundary with the village of Thringstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coleorton and Peggs Green.
Coleorton
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles east of Ashby de la Zouch.
Peggs Green
Village
Peggs Green is a hamlet within the parish of Coleorton, Leicestershire. For many years it had formed part of the civil parish of Thringstone, until this was dissolved in 1936. Peggs Green is situated 1½ miles east of Farm Town.
Swannington
Village
Photo: Ian Calderwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swannington is a former mining village in North West Leicestershire, England. A document of 1520 mentions five pits at Swannington. It was a terminus of the early Leicester and Swannington Railway that was built to serve the townships of Swannington and Thringstone and is built on a spot reputedly chosen by William Wordsworth, a frequent guest of Sir George Beaumont of nearby Coleorton Hall. Swannington is situated 1½ miles east of Farm Town.
Farm Town
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Coleorton, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.74523° or 52° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.42635° or 1° 25′ 35″ westElevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C4WPHWF+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 256323788OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Farm Town” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Farm Town, Leicestershire”
- French: “Farm Town”
- Irish: “Farm Town, Leicestershire”
- Polish: “Farm Town (Leicestershire)”
- Polish: “Farm Town”
- Welsh: “Farm Town, Swydd Gaerlŷr”
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