Place:Glen Parva, Leicestershire, England

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NameGlen Parva
Alt namesGlenn-Parvasource: hyphenated
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates52.586667°N 1.15°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoGuthlaxton Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Aylestone, Leicestershire, Englandparish in which it was a chapelry
Blaby Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Leicester District, Leicestershire, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Glen Parva is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England with a population measured at 6,189 in the 2011 UK census. To the north it runs into Aylestone, and to the east Eyres Monsell and South Wigston. To the south and west it is not immediately surrounded by development.

The original settlement was undoubtedly near The Ford by the River Sence, which is known locally as Glen Ford; and there is strong evidence of the existence of a medieval village in this area. Glen Parva ("little Glen") is called so to distinguish it from Great Glen (rarely Glen Magna). Under the Local Government Act 1894, Glen Parva became a civil parish within the Rural District of Blaby; previously it was a chapelry in the Aylestone Ecclesiastical Parish. Glen Parva Barracks, which became an important military installation in the 1960s, were opened in 1881.

The Grand Union Canal and the River Sence both pass to the south of the village. To the west is the River Soar. Unitl it closed, the Great Central Railway passed through Glen Parva.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Glenn Parva from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"GLENN-PARVA, a township in Aylestone parish, Leicestershire; on the river Soar and the Union canal, 4 miles SSW of Leicester. Real property: £1,894. Population: 119. Houses: 30."
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