Peatling Parva is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, south Leicestershire, England. It lies 2.6 km west-north-west of Ashby Magna and 2.9 km south-south-west of Peatling Magna.

Peatling Parva
St Andrews Church Peatling Parva
Peatling Parva is located in Leicestershire
Peatling Parva
Peatling Parva
Location within Leicestershire
Population181  (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSP593912
Civil parish
  • Peatling Parva
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTTERWORTH
Postcode districtLE17
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°30′58″N 1°07′37″W / 52.51599°N 1.12702°W / 52.51599; -1.12702

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book from 1086 and was known as Alia Petlinge with listed landowners Howard, from Hugh de Grandmesnil, and Leofric, from Adelaide wife of Hugh de Grandmensil.[1]

The population was recorded as 159 in the 1841 census and 181 in the census of 2001.

A village church, St Andrews Church, is part of the Diocese of Leicester of the Church of England. The village also has a public house, The Shires Inn. A village hall was built in 1989 and holds local meetings of the Parish Council. It is a regular polling station for local, national and European elections and hosts performances from Centre Stage, a rural and community touring scheme.

Peatling Parva lies adjacent to the villages of Gilmorton and Bruntingthorpe, home to the Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground.

References

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  1. ^ "The Domesday Book Online - Leicestershire H-R". www.domesdaybook.co.uk.
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