Bagworth and Thornton

Bagworth and Thornton
A statue of a coal miner in Bagworth, to commemorate the village's heritage.
Bagworth and Thornton Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Bagworth and Thornton
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°40′N1°20′W / 52.67°N 1.33°W / 52.67; -1.33

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.