| 词条 | Narborough, Leicestershire |
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|country = England |official_name= Narborough |map_type= Leicestershire |coordinates = {{coord|52.5727|-1.2023|display=inline,title}} |population= 8,448 |population_ref= (parish; 2011 Census) |civil_parish= Narborough |shire_district= Blaby |shire_county = Leicestershire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= South Leicestershire |post_town= Leicester |postcode_district= LE19 |postcode_area= LE |dial_code= 0116 |os_grid_reference= SP540975 |static_image_name = Narborough Hall, Leicestershire, UK.jpg |static_image_caption = Narborough Hall }}Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, located around {{convert|6|miles|km}} southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish (including Littlethorpe) at the 2011 census was 8,498.[1] The name is derived from the Old English north burh, meaning "north stronghold".[2] At the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 8,402.[3] Surrounding villages include Enderby, Whetstone, Littlethorpe, Cosby, and Huncote. LocationNarborough is situated on or near several major transport corridors. The M1 motorway passes through the east of Narborough, and the Leicester to Birmingham railway line runs beside the River Soar on its way through the village. [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/164584 Coventry Road] in the village centre runs along the course of the Fosse Way (Roman road), which then joins back onto the present course of the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/511786 B4114] link from Birmingham to Leicester. Narborough is often split into two distinct parts, the (old) village core to the South and the newer [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/168968 Pastures estate] to the north east. These areas are separated by the B4114 which runs through the middle of the two areas. The village centre and The Pastures area are served by the number 50 bus operated by Arriva Midlands, linking it directly with Enderby, Croft (one bus per day mon-sat), Fosse Shopping Park, and Leicester city centre. In addition, the village centre is served by the hourly centrebus 140 to Broughton Astley, Lutterworth, and Rugby; meanwhile Arriva Midlands service 50A connects the village centre with Huncote and Croft, Fosse Shopping Park, and Leicester city centre. Narborough railway station, with its level crossing, is situated in the village centre and offers an excellent service, linking the village with South Wigston and Leicester to the north, and Hinckley, Nuneaton, Coventry and Birmingham in the south and west. AmenitiesThe village contains many amenities including two doctors' surgeries, a dentist, two banks, several hairdressers, a beauty salon, a Post Office, two estate agents and two chemists. There are also four newsagents, a bakery, a Chinese takeaway, a pizza takeaway and a fish and chip shop. Narborough also boasts two small supermarkets, a Tesco Express and a Central England Co-operative, and two pubs: [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/169033 The Copt Oak] and outside the village centre and Narborough Arms within it. Two other pubs have since been converted into Indian Restaurants: "The Bell" is now Spice 45 Indian restaurant and the "Dovecote" was converted to the "Monsoon Indian Restaurant" (after a long closure the building has been taken over and is now called "The Dovecote"). A third property has been converted into an Indian restaurant/hotel: the Heritage Hotel and Restaurant can be found on Leicester Road. To the north-east of the village lies [https://web.archive.org/web/20071105044821/http://www.alliance-leicester-careers.co.uk/html/about/location_maps/carlton_park_map.html Carlton Park], a business park that included the headquarters of Alliance & Leicester, who employed over 1,800 people locally. Carlton Park also has a Racquets and Health Club, David Lloyd (formerly Next Generation), which opened in the summer of 2006 . Near to the village centre are the Blaby District Council offices. As well as Greystoke Primary School in the village, The Pastures Primary and Red Hill field Primary School are the two other primary schools serving the village. Pupils from these schools will generally go on to Brockington College in Enderby. Religion{{main|All Saints Church, Narborough}}Narborough also has a Congregational Church situated on School Lane and a Catholic church, St. Pius X, on Leicester Road. Narborough has been home to The Buddhist House, HQ for the Amida Trust, a Pureland Buddhist school, since 2001. CrimeNarborough was where Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl in 1983.[4] He also killed a girl of the same age in nearby Enderby in 1986. Initially a 17-year-old youth was suspected, and even confessed to one of the murders, but DNA testing cleared him.[5] Following what was the first mass DNA screening of an entire community, Pitchfork was the first person to be arrested and convicted of a crime using DNA profiling.[6][7][8][9] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126789&c=Narborough&d=16&e=62&g=6443915&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466084723578&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=16 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Mills |first=A.D. |date=2003 |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-1915-7847-2}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=550381&c=Narborough&d=14&e=16&g=465134&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440865991135&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2001 Census: Narborough |publisher=Office for National Statistics (Neighbourhood Statistics) |accessdate=29 August 2015}} 4. ^BBC News - 20 Years of DNA Evidence 5. ^Forensic Science Service - Colin Pitchfork - first murder conviction on DNA evidence also clears the prime suspect {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214004903/http://www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic_t/inside/news/list_casefiles.php?case=1 |date=14 December 2006 }} 6. ^Leicester University - Genetics History 7. ^Canadian National DNA Bank - Colin Pitchfork 8. ^Times Online - The DNA scientist who made individuals of us all 9. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/20/nbrits20.xml&site=5&page=0 The Telegraph - Great Britons: How the DNA dude changed life] External links{{Commons category|Narborough, Leicestershire}}
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