In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hallaton like this:
HALLATON, a village and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The village stands on a slope, 3 miles NNW of Medbourne r. station, and 6 WSW of Uppingham; was once a market town; and has now a post office under Uppingham, and fairs on Holy Thursday and on the third Thursday after. ...
The parish Comprises 2, 360 acres. Real property, £, 581. Pop., 696. Houses, 167. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Calverly Bewicke, Esq. Remains of an ancient encampment, called Hallatoncastle hill, of considerable extent, and comprising a conical eminence 118 feet high, once surmounted by a keep and engirt with ramparts and ditches, are about a mile W of the village; and vestiges of another are near it. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Blaston-St. Michael, in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value, £741.* Patrons,Bewicke, Esq., and the Rev. G. O. Fenwicke. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains an old font, sedilia, and monuments to the Vowes, the Bewickes, the Fenwickes, and the Dents. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, endowed with £25, alms houses with £50, and other charities with £444.
Hallaton through time
Hallaton is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hallaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hallaton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10853
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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