In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Parks like this:
NEW PARKS, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Leicester; 1 mile W N W of Leicester. Acres, 800. Pop., 52. Houses, 9. New Parks House is the seat of T. Stokes, Esq.
New Parks through time
New Parks is now part of Leicester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leicester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Parks itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Parks, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11180
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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