In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scraptoft like this:
SCRAPTOFT, a parish in Billesdon district, Leicestershire; 3¼ miles E by N of Leicester r. station. Post-town, Leicester. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £2, 949. Pop., 108. Houses, 23. The manor belongs to E. B. Hartopp, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £161.* Patron, E. B. Hartopp, Esq. The church is good.
Scraptoft through time
Scraptoft is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scraptoft itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scraptoft, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11255
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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