Ullesthorpe
Encyclopedia
Ullesthorpe is a small village
in south Leicestershire
, England
. It has a population
of 868.
It is known for its windmill
which is currently undergoing restoration. Its name comes from the Scandinavia
n personal name Úlfr. The remains of the previous medieval site are still visible on the edge of the village.
Local amenities include a primary school, post office
, village shop, butcher's, doctors' surgery, hairdressers', garden centre
, congregational church
, two pubs and a golf course
. The village previously had a railway station which was closed in 1962.
The village is mentioned in The Holy Thief, book 19 of the Cadfael
series of novels.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in south Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 868.
It is known for its windmill
Ullesthorpe Mill
Ullesthorpe Mill is a dis-used tower mill that was built in 1800 at Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire....
which is currently undergoing restoration. Its name comes from the Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n personal name Úlfr. The remains of the previous medieval site are still visible on the edge of the village.
Local amenities include a primary school, post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, village shop, butcher's, doctors' surgery, hairdressers', garden centre
Garden centre
A garden centre is a retail firm that sells plants and products related to gardens as its primary business. It is open to the public, with facilities to care for and display plants.- UK :...
, congregational church
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
, two pubs and a golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
. The village previously had a railway station which was closed in 1962.
The village is mentioned in The Holy Thief, book 19 of the Cadfael
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England,...
series of novels.