Leicester Forest, East and West, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Leicester Forest, East and West, formerly two extra-parochial tracts, now two parishes in Blaby union, Leicestershire, from 2½ . to 5 miles S of Leicester. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Leicester. Area of Leicester Forest East, 620 acres; of Leicester Forest West, 309, population, 96 and 45 respectively.
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 | Blaby |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Leicester Forest, East and West from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Leicester-Forest)
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: