Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village

Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village is an archaeological site in Somerby, Melton District, England. Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village is situated nearby to the forest Debdale Spinney, as well as near The Breeches.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of All Saints and The Windmill.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Kev747, Public domain.

Church of All Saints is situated 1½ miles south of Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village.

The Windmill

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Windmill is situated 2 miles east of Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village.

Burrough Hill

Peak

Photo: Nev1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around. Burrough Hill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leesthorpe and Little Dalby.

Leesthorpe

Hamlet

Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leesthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the English county of Leicestershire. Leesthorpe is located in the north east of the county close to the Rutland border and just south of the A606 Melton Mowbray and Oakham road.

Little Dalby

Village

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton and Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

Pickwell

Village

Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane.

Leesthorpe Deserted Medieval Village

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Somerby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.71431° or 52° 42′ 52″ north

Longitude

-0.82571° or 0° 49′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C4XP57F+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 367139558

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ferneley’s Adventure Golf and Debdale Spinney.

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