In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glenfield like this:
GLENFIELD, a township and a parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Soar, and on the Leicester and Swannington railway, near Kirby-Muxloe station, 3½ miles WNW of Leicester; and has a post office under Leicester. Real property, £2, 121. ...
Pop., 522. Houses, 119. The parish contains also the chapelries of Braunstone and Kirby-Muxloe. Acres, 4, 890. Real property, £10, 007. Pop., 1, 034. Houses, 225. The property is not much divided. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Braunstone and Kirby-Muxloe, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £818.* Patron, R. G. Pochin, Esq. The church is old but good, with a tower; and contains sedilia and a piscina. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Glenfield through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glenfield, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10839
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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