In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sproxton like this:
SPROXTON, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 4½ miles NE of Saxby r. station, and 8 NE by E of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2,360. Real property, £3,362. Pop., 455. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a vicarage, united with Saltby, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £282.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is old. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Sproxton through time
Sproxton is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sproxton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sproxton, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11291
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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