In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Desford like this:
DESFORD, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth parish, Leicester. The village stands near the Leicester and Swannington railway, 5 miles E of Market-Bosworth; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Leicester. The parish includes also the hamlet of Barrons Park. Acres, 3, 830. ...
Real property, £5, 383. Pop., 981. Houses, 212. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £193.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a large edifice, in the Gothic style; and has a conspicuous spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and charities £33.
Desford through time
Desford is now part of Hinckley and Bosworth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hinckley and Bosworth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Desford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Desford, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10722
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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