Dictionary - Definition of HARBOROUGH

Definition: HARBOROUGH


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. An alternative spelling for "Harbrough": A shelter.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Harborough" is a common misspelling or typo for: Yarborough.

Date "Harborough" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references)

Specialty Definition: HARBOROUGH

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A harbor or lodging.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography	1: Harborough is geographically located in South Africa. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture). Its geographic coordinates are 25.683333 degrees South latitude and 30.966667 degrees East longitude. (references)
	2: Harborough is geographically located in United Kingdom. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 52.4 degrees North latitude and 1.3 degrees West longitude. (references)
Wikipedic	Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Other settlements in the district include Broughton Astley, Lutterworth, Kibworth. The north-western area of the district runs directly into the Leicester urban area, and includes such villages as Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft. (references)
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Common Expressions: HARBOROUGH

Expressions	Definition
Earl of Harborough	The title of Earl of Harborough was created in 1719 in the Peerage of Great Britain and became extinct in 1859 upon the death of the 6th Earl. The Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Sherard (1718) and Baron Harborough (1714), both in the Peerage of Great Britain. (references)
Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)	Harborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. (references)
Market Harborough	Market Harborough is a market town in Leicestershire, England, upon the River Welland. It has a population of 20,785 (2001 census), and is the administrative headquarters of the Harborough district. (references)
Market Harborough railway station	Market Harborough railway station serves the town of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. It lies on the Midland Main Line and is served only by slower Midland Mainline services. The station is situated to the east of Harborough town centre. A bus link connects the station with Corby. (references)
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Extended Definition: HARBOROUGH

Harborough

This is about the district of Harborough, there is also the Harborough constituency

Geography
Harborough District
Shown within Leicestershire
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Leicestershire
Area: Total:	Ranked 79th 592.70 km²
Admin. HQ:	Market Harborough
ONS code:	31UD
Demographics
Population: Total (2006 est.): Density:	Ranked 289th 81,300 137 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.9% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
Harborough District Council http://www.harborough.gov.uk/

Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Alan Duncan, Edward Garnier, Andrew Robathan

Harborough (IPA: /hɑrbrə/) is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Other settlements in the district include Broughton Astley, Lutterworth, Kibworth and Great Easton. The north-western area of the district runs directly into the Leicester urban area, and includes such villages as Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft. The district borders on to the Unitary Authority City of Leicester, the Borough of Kettering, the Borough of Corby, the District of Daventry, the Unitary Authority county of Rutland, the Borough of Charnwood and the Borough of Melton as well as the county of Warwickshire.

History

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the Market Harborough urban district, along with Market Harborough Rural District, Billesdon Rural District and Lutterworth Rural District. [1]

More than 5,000 silver and gold coins, around 2,000 years old, were found at a site near Harborough around 2002. Coin Hoard Article

External links

Coin Hoard Article

Civil Parishes

Allexton, Arnesby, Ashby Magna, Ashby Parva
Billesdon, Bittesby, Bitteswell, Blaston, Bringhurst, Broughton Astley, Bruntingthorpe, Burton Overy
Carlton Curlieu, Catthorpe, Claybrooke Magna, Claybrooke Parva, Cold Newton, Cotesbach, Cranoe
Drayton, Dunton Bassett, East Langton, East Norton
Fleckney, Foxton, Frisby, Frolesworth
Gaulby, Gilmorton, Glooston, Goadby, Great Bowden, Great Easton, Great Glen, Gumley
Hallaton, Horinghold, Houghton on the Hill, Hungarton, Husbands Bosworth
Ilston on the Hill
Keyham, Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt, Kimcote and Walton, King's Norton, Knaptoft
Laughton, Launde, Leire, Little Stretton, Loddington, Lowesby, Lubenham, Lutterworth
Marefield, Medbourne, Misterton with Walcote, Mowsley
Nevill Holt, North Kilworth
Owston and Newbold
Peatling Magna, Peatling Parva
Rolleston
Saddington, Scraptoft, Shangton, Shawell, Shearsby, Skeffington, Slawston, Smeeton Westerby, South Kilworth, Stockerston, Stonton Wyville, Stoughton, Swinford
Theddingworth, Thorpe Langton, Thurnby and Bushby, Tilton, Tugby and Keythorpe, Tur Langton
Ullesthorpe
Welham, West Langton, Westrill and Starmore, Willoughby Waterleys, Wistow Cum Newton Harcourt, Withcote

Market Harborough is unparished. There have been calls to set up a town council for the area.

Districts of the East Midlands

Amber Valley • Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Blaby • Bolsover • Boston • Broxtowe • Charnwood • Chesterfield • Corby • Daventry • Derby • Derbyshire Dales • East Lindsey • East Northamptonshire • Erewash • Gedling • Harborough • High Peak • Hinckley and Bosworth • Kettering • Leicester • Lincoln • Mansfield • Melton • Newark and Sherwood • Northampton • North East Derbyshire • North Kesteven • North West Leicestershire • Nottingham • Oadby and Wigston • Rushcliffe • Rutland • South Derbyshire • South Holland • South Kesteven • South Northamptonshire • Wellingborough • West Lindsey

Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire • Leicestershire • Lincolnshire • Northamptonshire • Nottinghamshire

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Harborough". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: HARBOROUGH
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Harborough	31	Earl of Harborough	5
Market Harborough	26	Harborough	31
Harborough local elections	21	Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)	20
Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)	20	Harborough Citizen	2
Market Harborough railway station	14	Harborough FM	7
Harborough Mail	12	Harborough local elections	21
Harborough Magna	8	Harborough Magna	8
Market Harborough Building Society	8	Harborough Mail	12
Harborough FM	7	Market Harborough	26
Earl of Harborough	5	Market Harborough Building Society	8
Market Harborough Rural District	2	Market Harborough Cricket Club	2
Harborough Citizen	2	Market Harborough railway station	14
Market Harborough Cricket Club	2	Market Harborough Rural District	2
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).