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Newtown Unthank
Newtown
Unthank
is a
hamlet
in the
Hinckley and Bosworth
district
of
Leicestershire
about
west
of
Leicester
. It is in the
civil parish
of
Desford
and about a
mile
northeast of
the village
.
Newtown Unthank was the
site
of
Desford railway station
on the
Leicester and Swannington Railway
, which became part of the
Leicester to Burton-upon-Trent Line
.
The station
was
closed in
the
20th century
; the
railway
between and remains
open
for
freight trains
.
