Bitteswell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bitteswell with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of Leicestershire in England. It is situated just north of the town of Lutterworth, and in the 2001 census had a population of 454 (including Magna Park).[1] The population had increased to 554 at the 2011 census.[2] It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Betmeswelle.[3] The village's name means 'the spring/stream in the broad valley'.[4]
^"2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Bitteswell CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bitteswell Parish (1170215255)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^"Bitteswell | Domesday Book".
^"Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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