Prestwold

For the estate in Virginia, see Prestwould.

Prestwold Hall

Prestwold is a hamlet and civil parish^[1] in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The parish has a population of around 60. Nearby places are Hoton, just to the north, and Burton on the Wolds, to the south-east.

The parish includes Prestwold Hall and parish church St Andrew.

Prestwold has historical connection with Packe family for generations after family founder Sir Christopher Packe.

People from Prestwold

Sir Edward Packe (1878 - 1946) - British Civil Servant, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Justice of Peace.
George Hussey Packe (1 May 1796 – 2 July 1874) - Member of Parliament, an army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in establishing the Great Northern Railway.
Sir Christopher Packe. (1593? – 1682) -Lord Mayor of London; member of the Drapers Company; lord mayor, 1654; a prominent member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers; knighted and appointed an admiralty commissioner.

References

↑ https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Prestwold,_Leicestershire

Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood

Towns	Loughborough Shepshed Syston

Large villages	Anstey Barrow upon Soar Birstall East Goscote Mountsorrel Quorn Rothley Sileby Thurmaston

Small villages	Barkby Beeby Burton on the Wolds Cossington Cropston Hathern Hoton Newtown Linford Queniborough Ratcliffe on the Wreake Rearsby Seagrave South Croxton Swithland Thrussington Thurcaston Ulverscroft Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Woodhouse Woodhouse Eaves Wymeswold

Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe Cotes Prestwold

Coordinates: 52°47′28″N 1°08′53″W / 52.791°N 1.148°W / 52.791; -1.148

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