In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Freaks Ground like this:
FREAKS-GROUND, an extra-parochial tract in Leicester district, Leicestershire. Pop., 7. Houses, 2.
The location is that shown on a 1902 large scale Ordnance Survey map of this part of Leicester (on-line at http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Mapshop_Leics/Leicester_FreaksGround1902.htm, accessed 11/1/2011).
Freaks Ground through time
Freaks Ground is now part of Leicester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leicester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Freaks Ground itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Freaks Ground, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22495
Date accessed: 30th September 2023
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