The History of Thurlaston, Leicestershire

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Excerpt from The History of Thurlaston, Leicestershire: Including Normanton Turville, New Hall Park, and Bassett House, Collected From Various Sources, and Written in Narrative Form Having arrived at this stage, it may be fit to apologize in some measure for having dwelt so much on this early history of our country, while Thurlaston remains a blank, if, however, we are anxious to Show the growth of our national as well as our parochial life, some excuse may be made for giving this summary, which after all is only a brief one, leading up to the time when, the three Saxon kingdoms still existing as distinct states, we first get a glimpse of the history of this parish. From that time up to the present, for more than a thousand years, there is abundance of matter to make the history of Thurlaston interesting, and it may well be a matter of surprise that with a very few exceptions, to be afterwards mentioned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.