Place:Glenfield, Leicestershire, England

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NameGlenfield
Alt namesGlenfieldssource: A Vision of Britain through Time (name changed in 1935)
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.633°N 1.206°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoSparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included|
Blaby Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1974
Blaby District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality from 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Glenfield is a village in the civil parish of Glenfields in the Blaby District of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 UK census, it had a population of 9,643. Its location at the northwestern fringe of the city of Leicester effectively makes it a suburb, although it is politically and administratively separate. The change of name to Glenfields occurred in 1935 when the ancient parish of Glenfield merged with Glenfield Frith.

The village is directly to the west of Leicester and is just off junction 21A of the M1 motorway. The village was greatly enlarged between the 1920s and the 1950s, when the Faire Estate was built. In the 1980s and 1990s another large estate was built on former farm land behind Ellis Park.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Glenfield, Leicestershire.

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