Bassett House and The Knoll, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Bassett House and The Knoll, an extra-parochial tract in Leicestershire, 7½ miles SE of the town of Leicester.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Hundred | Sparkenhoe | |
Poor Law union | Market-Bosworth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bassett House and The Knoll from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Basset-House)
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: