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Loughborough history
Medieval
The earliest reference to Loughborough was as “Loughburne” in the 1086 Domesday Book . It appeared in a charter from the reign of Henry II as Loughburga and in the Pipe Rolls of 1186 . The name means ‘Lough’s borough or fortified place’
Industrialisation
The first sign of industrialisation in Derbyshire came in the early 19th century . John Heathcoat patented in 1809 an improvement to the warp loom, known as the twisted lace machine .
Tourism
In 1841, Loughborough was the destination for the first package tour organised by Thomas Cook for a temperance group from Leicester . The first tour was organised by the same company for temperance groups from Leicester in 1841 .
Modern history
Thorpe Acre was a hamlet of about twenty dwellings until the mid-20th century . The population is counted into the Loughborough–Garendon Ward of Charnwood Council . The agriculturalist Robert Bakewell (1726–1795) is buried there .
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