In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Redmile like this:
REDMILE, a parish, with a village, in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester; on the Granthamcanal, 2¾ miles S of Bottesford r. station, and 9 W of Grantham. Post-town, Bottesford, under Nottingham. Acres, 1, 170. Real property, £3,090. Pop., 521. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is early English, and has a tower and spire. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.
Redmile through time
Redmile is now part of Melton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Melton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Redmile itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Redmile, in Melton and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11238
Date accessed: 30th May 2024
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