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Leicester Frith or Shermans Grounds, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Leicester Frith or Shermans Grounds, formerly an extra-parochial tract, now a parish in Barrow union, Leicestershire, 2 miles NNW of Leicester. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Leicester. Acreage, 246; population, 49. Frith House is a modern mansion of stone, standing amidst extensive grounds.

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 CountyLeicestershire 
HundredWest Goscote 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Leicester Frith or Shermans Grounds from the following:


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: