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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glen Parva like this:
GLENN-PARVA, a township in Aylestone parish, Leicestershire; on the river Soar and the Union canal, 4 miles SSW of Leicester. Real property, £1, 894. Pop., 119. Houses, 30.
Glen Parva is now part of LEICESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how LEICESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glen Parva itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glen Parva, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10838
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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