In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoughton like this:
STOUGHTON, a chapelry in Thurnby parish, Leicestershire; 3½ miles ESE of Leicester r. station. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 1,449. Real property, £2,897. Pop., 119. Houses, 27. The manor, with S. Grange, belongs to H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. The living is annexed to Thurnby. The church was rebuilt in 1864. There are church lands £36.
Stoughton through time
Stoughton is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoughton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11305
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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