In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willoughby Waterleys like this:
WILLOUGHBY-WATERLESS, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 1¾ mile ESE of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 6 NNE of Lutterworth. Post town, Lutterworth. Acres, 1,151. Real property, £2,408. Pop., 372. Houses, 78. The living is a rectory, united with Peatling-Magna, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £347.* Patron, the Rev. W. Strong. The church is chiefly decorated English. There is a national school.
Willoughby Waterleys through time
Willoughby Waterleys is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willoughby Waterleys itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willoughby Waterleys, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11375
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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