In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bruntingthorpe like this:
BRUNTINGTHORPE, or Brantingthorpe, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 4 miles ESE of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 5½ NE by N of Lutterworth. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 1,320. Real property, £2,688. Pop., 413. Houses, 94. The property is subdivided. The living is a rec. in the diocese. of Peterborough. Value, £380. Patron, J. Bridges, Esq. The church is old. There is a Baptist chapel.
Bruntingthorpe through time
Bruntingthorpe is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bruntingthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bruntingthorpe, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10657
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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