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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Hundred | West 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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shermans-Grounds)
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: