Bagworth and Thornton

Human settlement in England

Bagworth and Thornton, formerly just Bagworth is a civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,836, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,605.^[1] The parish includes the villages of Bagworth and Thornton.

History

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Thornton was merged with Bagworth^[2] on 13 August 2001 the parish was renamed "Bagworth & Thornton".^[3]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
2. "Market Bosworth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. "Leicestershire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 December 2022.