Bitteswell

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Bitteswell
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Bitteswell is located in Leicestershire
Bitteswell
Bitteswell
Location within Leicestershire
Population554 (2011)
Civil parish
  • Bitteswell with Bittesby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTTERWORTH
Postcode districtLE17
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Leicestershire
Coordinates: 52°28′05″N 1°12′42″W / 52.46806°N 1.21167°W / 52.46806; -1.21167

Bitteswell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Harborough district of Leicestershire in England. It is situated just north of the town of Lutterworth, and in the 2001 census had a population of 454 (including Magna Park).[1] The population had increased to 554 at the 2011 census.[2] It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Betmeswelle.

The village's name means 'the spring/stream in the broad valley'.[3]

The village also had its own RAF station called RAF Bitteswell.[4] Hawker Siddeley had a factory next to the airfield, where Vulcan bombers (and many other aircraft) were built and maintained.[5]

Bitteswell also has St. Mary's C of E Primary School, St Mary's Church, Bitteswell and a pub, the Man at Arms, which is part of the King Henry Taverns group.[citation needed]

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Bitteswell CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bitteswell Parish (1170215255)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Aviation Archaeology - flying units (search for Bitteswell)". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. ^ "RAF Bitteswell airfield". www.controltowers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

External links[]

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