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A statue of a coal miner in Bagworth, to commemorate the village's heritage. | |
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Country | England |
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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.
On 1 April 1935 the parish of Thornton was merged with Bagworth[2] on 13 August 2001 the parish was renamed "Bagworth & Thornton".[3]
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