In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Arnesby like this:
ARNESBY, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 3½ miles SE of Countessthorpe r. station, and 8 S by E of Leicester. Post Town, Shearsby under Rugby. Acres, 1,510. Real property, £3,034. Pop., 573. Houses, 121. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £119. Patron, the Rev. W. Pilling. A Baptist church has existed here since 1702. Robert Hall was a native. Charities, 57.
Arnesby through time
Arnesby is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Arnesby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Arnesby, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10569
Date accessed: 21st October 2024
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