In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lubbesthorpe like this:
LUBBESTHORPE, a chapelry in Aylestone parish, Leicestershire; on the river Soar, 4 miles SW of Leicester r. station. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £1,869. Pop., 64. Houses, 12. The property belongs to the Duke of Rutland. A monastery was anciently here; and the site of it is now occupied by a farm-house. The church of the chapelry went long ago into decay.
Lubbesthorpe through time
Lubbesthorpe is now part of Blaby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Blaby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lubbesthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lubbesthorpe, in Blaby and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11139
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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