Newtown-Linford (All Saints)
NEWTOWN-LINFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5½ miles (N. W.) from Leicester; containing 495 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated at the south corner of Charnwood Forest, in a beautiful valley, surrounded by rich woodlands, and adjoining the park of Broadgate, the ancient seat of the Greys, ancestors of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the present proprietor. The inhabitants are principally employed in the very extensive woods. The parish is a lay rectory, belonging to the earl, as lord of the manor of Groby; net income of the minister, £100.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.