AYLESTONE, a village and a parish in Blaby district, Leicester. The village stands at the junction of the Union canal with the river Soar, near the Fosse-way, 1½ mile WNW of Wigston r. station, and 2½ S by W of Leicester. Pop., 392. Houses, 90. The parish includes also the township of Glen-Parva and the chapelry of Lubbesthorpe; and its Post Town is Leicester. Acres, 3,850. Real property, £5,444. Pop., 575. Houses, 132. The property is not much divided. Aylestone Hall was formerly the seat of the Rutland family; and is an ancient mansion recently restored. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £845.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is a substantial structure, with tower and lofty spire. A neat national school, in the Gothic style, was recently built.

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