In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frolesworth like this:
FROWLESWORTH, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near the river Soar, the Midland railway, and the Fosse way, 2 miles SSW of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 5 NNW of Lutterworth. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 1, 496. Real property, £3, 635. Pop., 291. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £457.* Patron, the Rev. S. L. Noble. The church is ancient and tolerable. Chief Baron Smith's alms-houses have £541; and other charities £3.
Frolesworth through time
Frolesworth is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frolesworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frolesworth, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10786
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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