In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Peatling Parva like this:
PEATLING-PARVA, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 3 ¾ miles E S E of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4½ N E of Lutterworth. It has a post-office under Lutterworth. Acres, 870. Real property, £2,073. Pop., 168. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to T. F. Cook, Esq. P. Hall is the seat of J. S. Clark, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £158. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a neat edifice, with an embattled tower. Charities, £30.
Peatling Parva through time
Peatling Parva is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Peatling Parva itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Peatling Parva, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11212
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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