In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sparkenhoe like this:
SPARKENHOE, a hundred in the W of Leicester; containing 38 parishes, and parts of 3 others. Acres, 108,852. Pop. in 1851, 38,077; in 1861, 37,579. Houses, 8,213.
Sparkenhoe through time
Sparkenhoe 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 Sparkenhoe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sparkenhoe, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20547
Date accessed: 13th February 2025
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