In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hose like this:
HOSE, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the Grantham canal, adjacent to Notts, 7 miles N of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Posttown, Harby, under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2, 140. Real property, £3, 859. Pop., 477. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. Hose Grange is a meet for the Belvoir hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £105. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is ancient, has a pinnacled tower, and was recently in disrepair. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Hose through time
Hose is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hose itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hose, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10872
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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