In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gilroes like this:
GILROE, or Gilroes, an extra-parochial tract in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester. Real property, £503. Pop., 12. Houses, 2.
Gilroes through time
Gilroes is now part of Leicester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leicester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gilroes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gilroes, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10794
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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