North Evington is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of

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. North Evington is bordered by

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to the west, Charnwood to the north,

Evington Evington is an Electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred on Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer ...

and

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to the east and

Spinney Hills Spinney Hills is an inner city area of Leicester, England. It is situated to the north of the core Highfields area, around Spinney Hill Park. To the north is Northfields, to the east North Evington, to the west is the railway line, and ...

to the south. It is an inclusion of Highfields. It is in the eastern part of the city. The area contains

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’s Eastern Station on Hastings Road, Spence Street Swimming Baths and the Merlyn Vaz Walk In and Health Centre. The development was originally in the parish of

, disconnected from the village itself. The areas in between have since been infilled. It has been absorbed by the urban district of Highfields which is predominantly a working class area with rows of Victorian terraces to satisfy the needs of workers. The area was designed and constructed as a suburb by

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from the 1880s onwards. By the

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the area was entirely developed. The area, which was originally outside the borough boundary, was annexed to the borough of Leicester in 1892. In September 2022 the area saw widespread unrest between Hindu and Muslim communities. In a

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byelection the Conservatives took 49.6% of the vote with a 32.7-point swing. Labour, the incumbent party came third in the vote.

Civil parish

North Evington became a parish in 1892, it was abolished on 26 March 1896 to form Leicester. In 1891 the parish had a population of 4173.

Gallery

Asfordby St Police Station, North Evington, Leicester, by Wakerley, 1899.jpg, Police station Baptist North Evington Free Church, Linden Street, Leicester, UK.png, North Evington Church St Saviours Road, North Evington, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 94063.jpg, St Saviours Road

References

Areas of Leicester Former civil parishes in Leicestershire {{Leicestershire-geo-stub