Bagworth and Thornton

Bagworth and Thornton
A statue of a coal miner in Bagworth, to commemorate the village's heritage.
Bagworth and Thornton is located in Leicestershire
Bagworth and Thornton
Bagworth and Thornton
Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish
  • Bagworth and Thornton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°40′N 1°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.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.