In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gilroes like this:
GILROE, or Gilroes, an extra-parochial tract in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester. Real property, £503. Pop., 12. Houses, 2.
Gilroes through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Gilroes has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Leicester. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Gilroes and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gilroes, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10794
Date accessed: 18th May 2013
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