Prestwold
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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.
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