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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leicester Frith like this:
LEICESTER-FRITH, or SHERMANS-GROUNDS, an extra-parochial tract in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire; 2 miles NNW of Leicester. Acres, 240. Real property, £529. Pop., 24. Houses, 4. Frith House here is the seat of Miss Mackie.
Leicester Frith is now part of LEICESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how LEICESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leicester Frith itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leicester Frith, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25155
Date accessed: 11th February 2026
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