Search for a place
Search for a place
HOSE, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the Grantham canal, adjacent to Notts, 7 miles N of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Posttown, Harby, under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2, 140. Real property, £3, 859. Pop., 477. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. Hose Grange is a meet for the Belvoir hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £105. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is ancient, has a pinnacled tower, and was recently in disrepair. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hose Parish Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Hose |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.