In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe Arnold like this:
THORPE-ARNOLD, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 1¾ mile NE of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,742. Real property, £2,811. Pop., 124. Houses, 25. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a vicarage, united with Brentingby, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is old.
Thorpe Arnold through time
Thorpe Arnold is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorpe Arnold itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe Arnold, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11338
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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