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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Market Harborough like this:
Market Harborough, market town and township with ry. sta. Great Bowden par., Leicestershire, on river Welland and Union Canal, 16 miles SE. of Leicester and 81 NW. of London by rail - township, pop. 2418; town (including also the greater part of Little Bowden par., Northamptonshire), pop. 5351; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Tuesday. Market Harborough stands in a rich grazing country famous for field sports. It was the headquarters of Charles I. before the battle of Naseby. It is supposed to be of Roman origin.
Market Harborough is now part of HARBOROUGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how HARBOROUGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Market Harborough itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Market Harborough, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/102
Date accessed: 08th February 2026
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