HORNINGHOLD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester; 3¼ miles W of the boundary] with Rutland, 4 N of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 8½ NE of Market-Harborough. Posttown, Uppingham. Acres, 1, 205. Real property, £2, 139. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Robert de Todeni; was given by him to Belvoir priory; and belongs now to T. Chamberlayne, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £80. Patron, W. Chamberlayne, Esq. The church is old but good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire; and has a Norman doorway, and a pillared octagonal font. Charities, £20.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))