Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LITTLETHORPE

LITTLETHORPE, a hamlet in Cosby and Narborough parishes, Leicestershire; on the river Soar, 5¼ miles SW by S of Leicester. Acres, about 500. Pop., 334. The manor belongs to W. Herrick, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cosby AP/CP       Narborough AP/CP       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Littlethorpe

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