In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leicester Frith like this:
LEICESTER-FRITH, or SHERMANS-GROUNDS, an extra-parochial tract in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire; 2 miles NNW of Leicester. Acres, 240. Real property, £529. Pop., 24. Houses, 4. Frith House here is the seat of Miss Mackie.
Additional information about this locality is available for Leicester
Leicester Frith 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 Leicester Frith 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 Leicester Frith and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leicester Frith, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25155
Date accessed: 18th May 2013
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