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Belton is a small village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The village is located approximately northwest of the town of Shepshed, west-northwest of Loughborough, and northeast of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 734.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Belton )〕 ==History== "The Parish Church of Belton is a 14th century structure with a later perpendicular tower, clorestory and roof. It contains the recumbent effigy tomb of Lady Roesia de Verdun, foundress of the nearby Grace Dieu Priory, and Frances Beaumont, Justice of the Common Pleas, was also buried in the church on 22nd April 1598. The registers go back to 1538." Belton also has a Church of England Primary school which caters for children aged between 4 and 10. The original school was founded in 1843 and the present school was built in 1976. Situated on Saddles Road in the center of the village. The local football team, Belton Villa FC, play in Division Two of the North Leicestershire Football League. The village is also home to a doctors surgery which is situated at number 1 Mill Lane.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Surgery )〕 Belton has one of the few remaining free-standing maypoles in the country. The village is also home to The Queens Head which is a gastro pub and restaurant situated in the heart of the village. A former coaches inn, it was turned into a pub in the 1800s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.queensheadbelton.com/history )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belton, Leicestershire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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