In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ullesthorpe like this:
ULLESTHORPE, a hamlet in Claybrooke parish, Leicester; on the Rugby and Leicester railway, 3¼ miles NW of Lutterworth. It has a post-office under Lutterworth, a r. station with telegraph, and two dissenting chapels; and it carries on malting and framework knitting. Real property, £3,639. Pop., 600. Houses, 141.
Ullesthorpe through time
Ullesthorpe is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ullesthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ullesthorpe, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11352
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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