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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bescaby like this:
BESCABY, an extra-parochial tract in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 5½ miles NE of Melton-Mowbray. Pop., 26. Houses, 4.
Bescaby is now part of MELTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how MELTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bescaby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bescaby, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10613
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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