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4 unusual facts about Narborough


2004–05 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.

2006–07 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City's kit was manufactured by English sports retailer JJB Sports and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.

Pentney

Authorised by an Act of 1751, the river was opened for barge traffic, with ten staunches constructed, from King's Lynn to Narborough, a little east of Pentney.

Robert Rait

Rait was born on 10 February 1874 in Narborough, Leicestershire, although the family moved shortly afterwards to Aberdeen.


Leicester Urban Area

Littlethorpe formed part of Narborough/Enderby in the 2001 census and came under the Enderby subdivision.

Littlethorpe

The village, along with Narborough, shares its twinning with the village of Genappe in Belgium.


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