Proper noun
A local government district with borough status of Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Loughborough. It was named after Charnwood Forest.
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAs well as the city of Leicester, the lockdown area includes parts of Leicestershire that touch on the city’s boundaries, including parts of Blaby District and Charnwood in the county. Source: Internet
D'Este, Carlo, 1983 p. 322-323 On 7 July, Montgomery began Operation Charnwood with a carpet bombing offensive that turned much of the French countryside and the city of Caen into a wasteland. Source: Internet
He was the author of the appendices on botany (in part) and ornithology in Potter's History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest (1842). Source: Internet
Charnwood Forest is noted for its abundant levels of volcanic rock, estimated to be approximately 600 million years old. Source: Internet
It stretches from the western outskirts of Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and is planned to link the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood. Source: Internet
The Clarendon Park and New Walk areas of the city, along with an unnamed Charnwood village ("vaguely based upon Cossington", according to the author) are some of the settings of the 2014 novel "The Knot of Isis" by Chrid McGordon. Source: Internet