HARBOROUGH

''This is about the district of Harborough, there is also the Harborough constituency''

Harborough District
Harborough ''Shown within Leicestershire''	''Leicestershire within England''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 79th 592.70 km²
Admin. HQ:	Market Harborough
ONS code:	31UD
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	97.9% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
Harborough District Council http://www.harborough.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Alan Duncan, Edward Garnier, Andrew Robathan

'Harborough' () is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Other settlements in the district include Broughton Astley, Lutterworth, Kibworth. The north-western area of the district runs directly into the Leicester urban area, and includes such villages as Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft.

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History

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History

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the Market Harborough urban district, along with Market Harborough Rural District, Billesdon Rural District and Lutterworth Rural District. [1]
More than 5,000 silver and gold coins, around 2,000 years old, were found at a site near Harborough around 2002.
Coin Hoard Article

External links

★ Coin Hoard Article
==Civil Parishes==

★ Allexton, Arnesby, Ashby Magna, Ashby Parva

★ Billesdon, Bittesby, Bitteswell, Blaston, Bringhurst, Broughton Astley, Bruntingthorpe, Burton Overy

★ Carlton Curlieu, Catthorpe, Claybrooke Magna, Claybrooke Parva, Cold Newton, Cotesbach, Cranoe

★ Drayton, Dunton Bassett, East Langton, East Norton

★ Fleckney, Foxton, Frisby, Frolesworth

★ Gaulby, Gilmorton, Glooston, Goadby, Great Bowden, Great Easton, Great Glen, Gumley

★ Hallaton, Horinghold, Houghton on the Hill, Hungarton, Husbands Bosworth

★ Ilston on the Hill

★ Keyham, Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt, Kimcote and Walton, King's Norton, Knaptoft

★ Laughton, Launde, Leire, Little Stretton, Loddington, Lowesby, Lubenham, Lutterworth

★ Marefield, Medbourne, Misterton with Walcote, Mowsley

★ Nevill Holt, North Kilworth

★ Owston and Newbold

★ Peatling Magna, Peatling Parva

★ Rolleston

★ Saddington, Scraptoft, Shangton, Shawell, Shearsby, Skeffington, Slawston, Smeeton Westerby, South Kilworth, Stockerston, Stonton Wyville, Stoughton, Swinford

★ Theddingworth, Thorpe Langton, Thurnby and Bushby, Tilton, Tugby and Keythorpe, Tur Langton

★ Ullesthorpe

★ Welham, West Langton, Westrill and Starmore, Willoughby Waterleys, Wistow Cum Newton Harcourt, Withcote
Market Harborough is unparished. There have been calls to set up a town council for the area.