Quenby Village earthwork
Quenby Village earthwork is an archaeological site in Hungarton, Harborough District, England. Quenby Village earthwork is situated nearby to the building Quenby Hall, as well as near the forest Hungarton Spinneys.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quenby Hall and Church of St John the Baptist.
Quenby Hall
Building
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Quenby Hall is a Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the most important early-seventeenth century house in the county of Leicestershire". Quenby Hall is situated 630 feet northeast of Quenby Village earthwork.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1 mile northwest of Quenby Village earthwork.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles west of Quenby Village earthwork.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilton on the Hill and Beeby.
Tilton on the Hill
Village
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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 2½ miles east of Quenby Village earthwork.
Beeby
Village
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beeby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 115 according to the 2011 census. It is situated north-east of Leicester, nearer to the villages of Keyham and Hungarton in the neighbouring district of Harborough and lies along the Barkby Brook. Beeby is situated 2½ miles northwest of Quenby Village earthwork.
Twyford
Village
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Twyford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twyford and Thorpe, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Twyford is situated 3 miles northeast of Quenby Village earthwork.
Quenby Village earthwork
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hungarton, Harborough District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64936° or 52° 38′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.96569° or 0° 57′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C4XJ2XM+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1475084995OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hungarton (Millennium Green) and Hungarton Spinneys.
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