In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirby Frith like this:

KIRBY-FRITH, an extra-parochial tract in Blaby district, Leicestershire; near the Leicester and Swannington railway, 3½ miles W by N of Leicester. Acres, 231. Real property, £526. Pop., 24. Houses, 3.

Kirby Frith through time

Kirby Frith is now part of LEICESTER Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how LEICESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirby Frith itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirby Frith, in Leicester and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10971

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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