Leesthorpe

Leesthorpe
Leesthorpe
	Approaching Leesthorpe along Leesthorpe Road
	Leesthorpe Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Somerby;
District	Melton;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Melton Mowbray
Postcode district	LE14
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°42′45″N 0°49′55″W / 52.71250°N 0.83204°W

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.

History

Leesthorpe was recorded in the Domesday Book as Luvestorp.^[1]

Until 1 April 1936 it was in the civil parish of Pickwell with Leesthorpe.^[2]

^ "Leicestershire H-R". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Pickwell With Leesthorpe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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