History
Willesley is mentioned as a significant manor in the Domesday book. Willesley is listed among the large number of manors that are owned directly by Henry de Ferrers and its value was assessed as twenty shillings TRE and sixteen shillings in 1086.
There was once a stately home here called Willesley Hall built of red brick. The hall stood in a park of 155 acres (0.63 km2).
The village has always been small. The population remained around the figure of 60 from 1805 to 1881.
Little of the manor, but the church, remains today, but Willesley Lake which has been described as of serpentine design is still used for fishing. The lake was constructed to enable the water level to be controlled for power generation for the nearby Hall.
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