Shepshed

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Shepshed is a town in the English East Midlands known historically for its textile industry and now as a residential community near Loughborough in Leicestershire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shepshed canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Leicestershire ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentCharacter residential community ⓘ
distanceToLeicester approximately 11 miles north-west ⓘ
distanceToLoughborough approximately 3 miles west ⓘ
distanceToNottingham approximately 16 miles south ⓘ
governingBody Charnwood Borough Council ⓘ
linked to: Charnwood
hasCategory Civil parishes in Leicestershire ⓘ
Towns in Leicestershire ⓘ
hasDialingCode 01509 ⓘ
hasFeature commuter town for Loughborough and Leicester ⓘ
former industrial centre ⓘ
market town history ⓘ
hasParishStatus civil parish ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea LE ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict LE12 ⓘ
hasPrimarySchool Oxley Primary School ⓘ
St Botolph’s Church of England Primary School ⓘ
St Winefride’s Catholic Voluntary Academy ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding St Botolph’s Church ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Iveshead School ⓘ
historicalIndustry textile industry ⓘ
woollen industry ⓘ
junctionNearby M1 Junction 23 ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Leicestershire ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Charnwood ⓘ
locatedInRegion East Midlands ⓘ
locatedInSovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
locatedNear River Soar valley ⓘ
linked to: River Soar
locatedOn Charnwood Forest fringe ⓘ
near Loughborough ⓘ
OSGridReference SK 4819 ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
roadAccess M1 motorway ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ
traditionalCounty Leicestershire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charnwood Forest → hasNearbySettlement → Shepshed ⓘ
subject linked to: Charnwood Forest, England
Charnwood → contains → Shepshed ⓘ
Whitwick → hasNearbySettlement → Shepshed ⓘ