In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thurnby like this:
THURNBY, a parish, with two townships and a hamlet, in Billesdon district, Leicestershire; 3¾ miles E of Leicester r. station. It has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 2,740. Real property, £5,703. Pop., 375. Houses, 89. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £258. Patron, H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. The church is good; and a chapel of ease is in Stoughton. Charities, £36.
Thurnby through time
Thurnby is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thurnby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thurnby, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11345
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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