Belgrave, Leicestershire

Description
Belgrave, a large village, a township, and a parish in Leicester, now incorporated in the borough of Leicester. The township lies on the river Soar and the M.R., 1 1/2 mile NNE of Leicester, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leicester. It gives the title of Viscount to the Marquis of Westminster. The parish includes also the chapelry of Birstall. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, including Birstall, 10,628. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Birstall, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint net yearly value, £235 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is Later English, but has a Norman door, and on the north side of the chancel are the remains of a Saxon window. A second church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, was opened in 1887 for a separate ecclesiastical district. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and there is also a Nonconformist Union church. Many of the Inhabitants are engaged in the hosiery and shoe trades.