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

KNIGHT-THORPE, a township in Loughborough parish, Leicester; near Loughborough. Real property, £1, 533. Pop., 58. Houses, 12.

Knight Thorpe through time

Knight Thorpe is now part of CHARNWOOD District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHARNWOOD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Knight Thorpe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Knight Thorpe, in Charnwood and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21495

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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