Stonton Wyville

Stonton Wyville
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Stonton Wyville is located in Leicestershire
Stonton Wyville
Stonton Wyville
Location within Leicestershire
Population21 [1]
Civil parish
  • Stonton Wyville
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMARKET HARBOROUGH
Postcode districtLE16
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°32′56″N 0°54′58″W / 52.548782°N 0.916027°W / 52.548782; -0.916027

Stonton Wyville is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 21. The population at the 2011 census remained fewer than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Glooston. The village is about eleven miles (17 km) south east of Leicester.[2] Nearby places include Kibworth Harcourt, Tur Langton, Church Langton, and Shangton.

The buildings include a church, a manor house, a rectory and a farm that used to be the Fox and Hounds Inn.

Stonton Wyville parish is 1,217 acres (4.93 km2) or 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) in area. Bounded on the western side by a tributary of the River Welland the parish rises from a height of 250 feet (76 m) near the river to about 450 feet (140 m) in the north and 500 feet (150 m) in the south. The soil is loamy clay over clay subsoil. The majority of farmland in Stonton is used for pasture and has been since 17th century enclosures. Stonton Wood, in the north of the parish, covered about 100 acres (0.40 km2) in 1279.

  1. ^ 2001 census
  2. ^ [1] 'Stonton Wyville', A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (1964), pp. 308-12 Date accessed: 21 February 2007