In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton Harcourt like this:
NEWTON-HARCOURT, a village and a township-chapelry in Wistow parish, Leicestershire. The village stands on the Union canal, near the river Soar, and near the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 1 mile W N W of Glen r. station, and 6½ S E by S of Leicester; and has a post-office under Leicester. ...
The chapelry comprises 880 acres. Real property, £1, 886. Pop., 207. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to Sir Henry Halford, Bart.; and the Manor House is the residence of H. St. John Halford, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Wistow, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church stands near the Manor House, and has a low tower. Charities, £12.
Newton Harcourt through time
Newton Harcourt is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newton Harcourt itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newton Harcourt, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11183
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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