In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dunton Bassett like this:
DUNTON-BASSETT, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near the Midland railway, 1½ mile SE of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4¼ N of Lutterworth. Post town, Ashby-Parva, under Lutterworth. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £2, 968. Pop., 524. Houses, 141. The property is divided among a few. There is a mineral spring. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £80.* Patron, the Rev. J. Longhurst. The church has a tower and spire, and is good. There is an Independent chapel.
Dunton Bassett through time
Dunton Bassett is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dunton Bassett itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunton Bassett, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10726
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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