Launde, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Launde, formerly an extra-parochial tract, is now a parish in the Billsden union, Leicestershire. It is situated in a valley adjacent to Rutland, 7 miles NW from Upping-ham, and 2½ SE from Tilton station on the G.N. and L. & N.W. Joint railway. Post town, Leicester; money order office, Uppingham; telegraph office, East Norton. Acreage, 1263; population, 65. An Augustinian priory was founded here in 1125 by Richard Bassett, and was given at the dissolution to Lord Cromwell. A large mansion in the Tudor style, known as Launde Abbey, now occupies the priory's site, was built partly with its stones, is a seat of the Dawson family, and has attached to it a small but handsome chapel in the Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular styles.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Hundred | East Goscote | |
Hundred | Blackburn | |
Poor Law union | Burnley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Launde from the following:
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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