Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
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| Place | John O'Gaunt |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.680084 |
| Longitude | -0.913076 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
John O'Gaunt remains a quiet sentinel of the Leicestershire landscape, defined by the steady, unadorned pulse of its agricultural life. It lies 6.1 miles south of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 190°T, OS grid SK 735 097), and is situated east-south-east of Twyford village. The light here seems to linger longer over the furrows, casting a pale, pearlescent glow upon the fields that stretch toward the horizon. To the north-northeast, the sharp, verdant rise of Salter's Hill breaks the monotony of the plain, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. John O'Gaunt retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, where the silence is only ever punctuated by the rhythmic turn of machinery or the sudden flight of birds. East-southeast of the hamlet, the remnants of the North Marefield Deserted Medieval Village speak of lives long since departed, leaving only the faint, irregular depressions of house platforms upon the grass. This terrain possesses a stark, honest beauty, favouring the patient observer who finds pleasure in the subtle shifts of shadow across a fallow field. Every fence line and hedgerow serves as a quiet boundary, marking the passage of seasons in a place where time moves with the deliberate weight of the turning plough.
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Explore John O'Gaunt, Leicestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.680084, -0.913076. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |