In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sapcote like this:
SAPCOTE, a parish, with a village, in Hinckley district, Leicester; adjacent to the river Soar, the Fosseway, and the Hinckley and Leicester railway, 2 miles W N W of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4 E by S of Hinckley. Post-town, Hinckley. Acres, 1, 380. Real property, £4, 158. Pop., 668. ...
Houses, 159. The property is subdivided. Frame-work knitting is carried on; stone is quarried; and there is a mineral spring, with a bath-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £625.* Patron, T. Frewen, Esq. The church is old, was recently repaired, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and five alms-houses.
Sapcote through time
Sapcote is now part of Blaby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Blaby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sapcote itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sapcote, in Blaby and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11250
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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