Aylestone, Leicestershire

Description
Aylestone, a village included in the enlarged borough of Leicester, of which it is one of the wards. The village stands at the junction of the Union Canal with the river Soar, near the Fosse Way, 1 1/2 mile WNW of Wigston station on the L. & N.W.R. and M.R., and 2 1/2 miles S by W of Leicester. Acreage, 901; population, 5381. Ecclesiastically it is divided into the old parish of St Andrew, and the new district of St James, Aylestone Park, both of which are in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The former includes the township and chapelry of Lubbesthorpe. There are post offices at Aylestone and Aylestone Park, and a telegraph office at the latter. Aylestone Hall was formerly the seat of the Manners family, and is an ancient mansion restored in 1850. The old church of St Andrew is a substantial structure of rubble and granite in the Early English style, with tower and lofty spire.