Oadby and Wigston (England)

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Name (Latin)
Oadby and Wigston (England)
Other forms of name
nnaa Oadby and Wigston, Eng
Oadby & Wigston (England)
nne Oadby and Wigston (Leicestershire)
Coordinates
-1.095 -1.095 52.592 52.592 (gooearth )
W0010500 W0010500 N0523300 N0523300 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 133708753
Wikidata: Q764425
Library of congress: n 82020626
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm3; 52°33ʹ00ʺN 001°05ʹ00ʺW)
  • Wikipedia, 3 Feb. 2009(Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire; it was formed in 1974 by the merger of the Oadby and Wigston urban districts; it is predominantly urban and runs directly into Leicester to the northwest)
  • Forward Publicity Ltd. Street plan of Oadby & Wigston, 1974?
  • Forward Publicity Ltd. Street plan of Oadby & Wigston, 1980:map recto (Oadby & Wigston) map cover (Borough) text accomp. map (Oadby and Wigston, Leicestershire)
  • BL hdg.(Oadby and Wigston (England))

Wikipedia description:

Oadby and Wigston is a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England. It covers the two towns of Oadby, where the council is based, and Wigston, which is the larger town. Both form part of the Leicester urban area, lying south-east of the city. The neighbouring districts are Leicester, Harborough and Blaby.

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