Marefield or South Mardefield, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Marefield or South Mardefield, a township in Tilton parish, Leicestershire, 7½ miles SSW of Melton Mowbray., Acreage, 520; population, 25. The manor belongs to the Hincks family.
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 | |
Civil parish | Tilton | |
Hundred | Gartree | |
Poor Law union | Billesdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Marefield or South Mardefield from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Marefield)
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: