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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lilbourne like this:
LILBOURNE, a village and a parish in the district of Rugby and county of Northampton. The village stands on the river Avon, near the Market-Harborough and Rugby railway, near Watling-street, and near the meeting-point of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Warwickshire, 4 miles ENE of Rugby; and has a station on the railway. ...
The parish comprises 1,920 acres. Post town, Rugby. Real property, £3,551. Pop., 292. Houses, 68. The property is chiefly divided among six. The manor belongs to Corbet Smith, Esq. Extensive tumuli are in a field at the E end of the church. An engagement between the Danes and the Saxons is said to have been fought at Roundhill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £155.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church consists of nave, a isles, and chancel, with low embattled tower; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £27.
Lilbourne is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lilbourne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lilbourne, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8054
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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