In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Orton on the Hill like this:
ORTON-ON-THE HILL, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The village stands near the boundary with Warwickshire, 3 miles E of Polesworth r. station, and 4 N of Atherstone. The parish comprises 2, 290 acres. Post-town, Atherstone. Real property, £2, 779. Pop., 334. ...
Houses, 79. The property is divided. The manor, with Orton Hall, belongs to the Rev. D. S. Perkins. The parish is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £236.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is old and tolerable, and has a tower and spire.
Orton on the Hill through time
Orton on the Hill 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 Orton on the Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Orton on the Hill, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11201
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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