In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gopsall like this:
GOPSALL, an extra-parochial tract in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester; near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, 4½ miles NW of Market-Bosworth. Acres, 600. Real property, £1, 007. Pop., 63. Houses, 13. It had a cell to Merevale abbey; and it is a meet for the Ather-stone hounds. Gopsall Hall is the seat of Earl Howe; was built by Jennins, the friend of Handel; has a beautiful chapel, 36 feet by 24; contains some interesting portraits and paintings; and stands amid fine grounds, which have a temple, with a statue by Roubiliac.
Gopsall through time
Gopsall is now part of Hinckley and Bosworth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hinckley and Bosworth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gopsall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gopsall, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10847
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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