a market-town of England, in Leicestershire, and a station on the Midland Counties' Railway, about 9 miles N.N.W. from Leicester. It is lighted with gas, and consists of five principal streets, meeting near the centre of the town, and lined with houses mostly built of brick. The chief buildings are,—the old parish church; the new church of Emmanuel; and Burton's school—a well-endowed institution, possessing two exhibitions at Jesus College, Cambridge. There are also other schools, several dissenting meeting-houses, a literary and philosophical society, a theatre, barracks, and a Roman Catholic convent. The principal articles of manufacture are, woollen and cotton hosiery, laces, and shoes. The trade of the town is much facilitated by the Loughborough canal that connects it with the River Soar. Market-day, Thursday. Pop. (1851) 10,900.