In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bitteswell like this:
BITTESWELL, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near Watling-street, 1 mile NNW of Lutterworth, and 2 ESE of Ullesthorpe r. station. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £4,384. Pop., 438. Houses, 105. The property is subdivided. There is a mineral spring. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £428.* Patrons, the Haberdashers' Company and Christ's Hospital, London. The church is good; and there are an endowed school, six alms-houses, and other charities £69.
Bitteswell through time
Bitteswell is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bitteswell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bitteswell, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10623
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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