NEWTON-HARCOURT, a village and a township-chapelry in Wistow parish, Leicestershire. The village stands on the Union canal, near the river Soar, and near the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 1 mile W N W of Glen r. station, and 6½ S E by S of Leicester; and has a post-office under Leicester. The chapelry comprises 880 acres. Real property, £1, 886. Pop., 207. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to Sir Henry Halford, Bart.; and the Manor House is the residence of H. St. John Halford, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Wistow, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church stands near the Manor House, and has a low tower. Charities, £12.

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