Wellesborough, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Wellesborough, a hamlet in Sibson parish, Leicestershire, 2½ miles WSW of Market Bosworth. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lovelace.
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 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Wellesborough from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wellesborough)
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: