Carlton Curlieu

Carlton Curlieu
Carlton Curlieu is located in Leicestershire
Carlton Curlieu
Carlton Curlieu
Location within Leicestershire
District
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Region
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE8
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Leicestershire
52°34′08″N 0°58′41″W / 52.569°N 0.978°W / 52.569; -0.978

Carlton Curlieu is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about eleven miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Kibworth.

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of the free peasants'. In 1253, the village was held by William de Curley.[1]

  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.