Place:


Leire  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leire like this:

LEIRE, a village and a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester. The village stands near the Midland Counties railway, 1½ mile S by W of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4 NNW of Lutterworth; and has a postal-pillar under Lutterworth.—The parish comprises 870 acres. Real property, £2,642. ...


Pop., 433. Houses, 102. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Countess Cowper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £294.* Patron, Countess Cowper. The church is ancient, was about to be restored in 1866, has a tower and spire, and contains a memorial E window and a handsome font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, and charities £36.

Leire through time

Leire is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leire itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leire, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11128

Date accessed: 26th April 2024


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