This article is intended to give an overview of the history of Leicestershire.
Scraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England. It has a population of about 1,500, measured at the 2011 census as 1,804. It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby to the south. For local government the village forms part of the district of Harborough, and constitutes a civil parish.
Belgrave Hall is a Queen Anne-style Grade II* listed building in Belgrave. It is located on the northern edge of the city of Leicester.
The Baronetcy of Hartopp of Freathby was created in on 3 December 1619 in the Baronetage of England for Edmund Hartopp, High Sheriff of Leicestershire 1618–9. He represented the parliamentary constituency of Leicestershire 1628–9. His grandson, the third Baronet represented the county 1679–81. The Baronetcy became extinct in 1762 when the estates passed by the female line to Cradock-Hartopp.
The Cradock-Hartopp Baronetcy, of Freathby in the County of Leicester and of Four Oaks Hall in the County of Warwick, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 12 May 1796 for Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, Member of Parliament for Leicestershire. Born Edmund Bunney, he was the husband of Anne Hurlock, granddaughter and heiress of Sir John Hartopp, 4th Baronet, of Freathby. On his marriage in 1777 he assumed the surname of Cradock-Hartopp in lieu of his patronymic according to the wills of his uncle Joseph Cradock and his wife's grandfather. His eldest surviving son Edmund, the second Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, William, the third Baronet. The title then descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, Charles, the fifth Baronet, in 1929.
Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was a British baronet and politician.
Nathaniel Corah (1777–1831) was a trader of hosiery and textiles from Leicester in England. He founded the firm N. Corah & Sons which became one of the most important textile manufacturers in the country.
This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March.
Edward Anthony Holden was a landowner who lived at Aston Hall, in Aston upon Trent, Derbyshire. He inherited land and bought more starting in 1833. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1838/9. By the time of his death he had created an estate of over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of land in Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
William James Conolly was an Irish landowner and Whig politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1727 to 1754 and in the British House of Commons from 1734 to 1754.
John Throsby (1740–1803) was an English antiquary.
Narborough Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Narborough in Leicestershire. Believed to date from 1596 this Elizabethan manor house was built by James Meade, a local landowner. However, it was only after it was extensively remodelled in the mid-19th century that it became known as Narborough Hall. It is notable because of its construction from local pink granite.
Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet (1637?–1722) was an English politician, a nonconformist and early Whig.
Edward Bourchier Hartopp (1808–1884), was a British politician. He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire. He was the Conservative MP for North Leicestershire 1859–68.
Winstanley House in Leicestershire previously called Braunstone Hall, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1775 by Clement Winstanley and remained in this family for the next 150 years. It was then bought in 1925 by the Leicester City Council. Today it has been converted into a hotel and restaurant.
Newbold Verdon Hall was an 18th-century country house, later a farmhouse, in the village of Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
William Wrey Hartopp was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
James Wigley was a British politician.
Hopwell Hall country house near Ockbrook, Derbyshire was built in 1720. It was owned by five generations of the Pares family from 1786 to 1921. The hall was demolished after a fire in 1957.
Edmund Meysey Wigley, called Edmund Wigley until 1811, was a British lawyer and politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Worcester.
