Coleorton is a scattered settlement in the north-west Leicestershire coalfield area, about four miles east of Ashby de la Zouch and ten miles west of Loughborough. Day schools before 1800 Lord Viscount Beaumont, in his will dated 20 August 1701, bequeathed the tithes of the neighbouring settlement of Swannington to provide a schoolhouse and hospital … Continue reading Schools in Coleorton, 1818-51