In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scalford like this:
SCALFORD, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3½ miles N by E of Melton-Mowbray r. station. It has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2, 520. Real property, £3, 855. Pop, 553. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided. A Roman station was on the site of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £355.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church was restored in 1859. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £25.
Scalford through time
Scalford is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scalford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scalford, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11253
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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