Garthorpe is a village and
civil parish (sometimes called Garthorpe and Coston) in
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...
, England, in the
Melton district. It is about five miles east of
Melton Mowbray. The parish includes the villages of Garthorpe and
Coston, and is near
Saxby (in
Freeby parish),
Wymondham
Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It lies on the River Tiffey, south-west of Norwich and just off the A11 road (England), A11 road to London. The pari ...
,
Buckminster and
Sproxton.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement with an
enclosure
Enclosure or inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or "common land", enclosing it, and by doing so depriving commoners of their traditional rights of access and usage. Agreements to enc ...
'. The village is positioned at the confluence of two watercourses, therefore another suggestion is 'farm/settlement on a triangular piece of land'.
The civil parish had a population of 418 at the 2011 census.
is a
redundant Church of England parish church in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust.
The building is
Grade I listed.
References
External links
Villages in Leicestershire
Civil parishes in Leicestershire
Borough of Melton
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