Rothley (Leicestershire)
| Rothley (Leicestershire) | |||
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 43 ′ N , 1 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SK583127 | ||
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| Residents | 3160 (status: 2003) | ||
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| Post town | Loughborough | ||
| ZIP code section | LE7 | ||
| prefix | 0116 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Leicestershire | ||
| District | Charnwood | ||
| British Parliament | Loughborough | ||
Rothley is a civil parish in the county of Leicestershire in England with about 3,600 inhabitants.
location
The place is eight kilometers north of Leicester . The Rothley Brook flows adjacent to the south and flows into the Soar about one kilometer east . The A6 runs about one kilometer to the east.
history
The place has developed since the early Middle Ages as a marketplace for the wooded area. In the cemetery there is a cross of the Saxons from the 9th century. On the grounds of Rothley Court is the 13th century Chapel of the Knights Templar .
Personalities
- Robert Jackson Emerson (1878–1944), sculptor, painter and medalist, born in Rothley
Others
The missing girl Madeleine McCann lived here with her parents until he disappeared in Portugal in 2007.
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Communities in Charnwood. (pdf) p. 17 , archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; accessed on October 27, 2016 (English).