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Today Humberstone consists of several main areas -
The modern ward of Humberstone has a population of about 8,000, and the A47 road is named variously Humberstone Road and Humberstone Gate as it goes through the city centre.
The "Humber stone" is a granite monolith of unknown (perhaps glacial) origin that lies in a field in the village. Until 1750 it had been fully exposed, but was then truncated and the remainder buried by a farmer. In the 1980s it was partially uncovered and made accessible to the public.
Villages in Leicestershire