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Welcome to the Wolds Historical Organisation's web site
Coloured contours map of the western side of the Leicestershire Wolds showing the settlements of most interest to the Wolds Historical Organisation. All the larger villages are just below the 100m contour. Cotes is at the side of the River Soar and Six Hills at the centre of a plateau-like area (the name is a corruption of 'Seggs Hill'; 'seggs' was a dialect variant of 'sedge'.)
What's new?
Click The WHO is now on Facebook. www.facebook.com/share/1DX3WabYV9/ In November 2024 this website was given a revamp. All the content is still here. Just that the different 'menus' have moved onto separate pages to avoid things getting overly cluttered. If you used to use the navigation column on the left-hand side of the old pages then you'll find all the links you're looking for from the buttons at the top of every page. Or you can use the Google 'search box' at the top of the right-hand column on every page. Just in case you're wondering (though you're probably not) this site currently has around 140 web articles (some from a 1990 publication), 65 PDFs (plus external links to several more) and about 25 census returns and parish registers. There's nearly 600 images, not counting ones in PDF documents. Grateful thanks to everyone who has made this happen. Two WHO publications are available as free PDFs – see the right-hand column of every page. The WHO welcomes old photographs and information about the history of the Wolds villages. Just contact us. If you're not already on the WHO's email update list and would like to receive news of what's happening then please email bobtrubs@indigogroup.co.uk with the message 'Add to WHO update list'. Your email address will not be revealed to anyone else or used for any other purpose. To prevent external links being 'broken' this page needs a link to RAF Wymeswold. This website does not gather or store any visitor information.
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Two WHO books are now available as free PDFs. Click on covers to download.
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