In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanton under Bardon like this:
STANTON-UNDER-BARDON, a township-chapelry in Thornton parish, Leicester; near Bardon Hill r. station, 1½ mile NW of Thornton village. Post town, Thornton, under Leicester. Acres, 1,400. Real property, £1, 952. Pop., 312. Houses, 64. The manor belongs to Earl Grey. The living is annexed to Thornton. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Stanton under Bardon through time
Stanton under Bardon 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 Stanton under Bardon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanton under Bardon, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11290
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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