In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mowsley like this:
MOWSLEY, a chapelry in Knaptoft parish, Leicester; near the Grand Union canal, 2¼ miles N N W of The ddingworth r. station, and 6 W N W of Market-Harborough. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 1, 710. Real property, £2, 514. Pop., 241. Houses, 63. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Knaptoft, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is ancient but good, is small and cruciform, and has an open turret. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists.
Mowsley through time
Mowsley is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mowsley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mowsley, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11160
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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