A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



'The Tent,' are 

 dealt with under 

 Saltby Parish. 



DlSHLEY AND 



THORPE ACRE (xvii, 

 7). To the south 

 and east of Garen- 

 don Hall, on the site 

 of the Cistercian 

 abbey, are extensive 

 remains of the water- 

 works, drainage, and 

 fishponds, dyked 

 and embanked, situ- 

 ated near a tributary 

 of the Soar. 



EATON (xiii,3). 

 West of Croxton 

 Park a vallum 1 1 ft. 

 on the scarp over- 

 looks a deep valley 

 towards the south. 



ELMESTHORPE 

 (xxxvi , 13) . ' The 

 Four Pits ' are fish- 

 ponds containing a 

 spring. Within a 

 short distance is a 

 very large angular 

 fishpond. 



ELMESTHORPE 

 (xliii, i). 'Billing- 

 ton Rough' is a fish- 

 pond of enormous 

 size, embanked, and 

 containing a large 

 number of rectangu- 

 lar mounds, which, 

 before the draining 

 of the pond in 1710, 

 formed a range of 

 islets. 



HARSTON (viii, 

 5 and 9). A frag- 

 ment of a bank and 

 fosse west of the 

 village. 



HlNCKLEY(xlii, 



8). 'The Moats' 



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