GLENFIELD, a parish in the hundred of SPARKENHOE, county of LEICESTER, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from Leicester, comprising the chapelries of Braunstone and Kirby-Muxloe, and the liberties of Braunstone-Frith, Glenfield-Frith, and Kirby-Frith, and containing 932 inhabitants. The living, a rectory, is (exclusively of its chapelries) in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Lord of the Manor of Grosby, and in the patronage of the Trustees of the late Clement Winstanley, Esq., rated in the king's books at £13. 9. 9. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.