MARKET HARBOROUGH  , a market town in the Harborough parliamentary division of Leicestershire, England; on the river Welland and the Grand Union Canal . Pop. of urban district (1901), 7735• It is 81 m . N.N.W. from London by the Midland railway, and is served by branches of the London & North Western and Great Northern railways . The church of St Dionysius is Decorated and Perpendicular, with a fine tower and spire . The grammar school was founded in 1614; it occupies modern buildings, but the original house remains, a picturesque half-timbered building, raised upon pillars of wood . Both British and Roman remains have been found in the vicinity . There are malt-houses and boot, shoe and stay factories . The town is also an important fox-hunting centre .