In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Easton like this:
EASTON (Great), or Easton Magna, a township-chapelry in Bringhurst parish, Leicester; and a sub-district in the district of Uppingham and counties of Leicester and Northampton. The township lies on the verge of the county, between the rivers Eye and Welland, adjacent to the Rugby and Stamford railway, 1 mile NW of Rockingham; and has a post office under Leicester. ...
Real property, £5, 544. Pop., 590. Houses, 126. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bringhurst, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is very good. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans. A school has £6 from endowment; and other charities have £19. -The sub-district comprises seven parishes in Leicester, and one in Northampton. Acres, 14, 882. Pop., 3, 135. Houses, 697.
Great Easton through time
Great Easton is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Easton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Easton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10728
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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