In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beeby like this:
BEEBY, a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Wreak, 4 miles SE of Syston r. station, and 5½ NE of Leicester. Post Town, Hungarton, under Leicester. Acres, 1,020. Real property, £2,620. Pop., 119. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. Beeby House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £282.* Patron, Earl Shaftesbury. The church is good.
Beeby through time
Beeby is now part of Charnwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Charnwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beeby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beeby, in Charnwood and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10609
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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