The league was formed in 1896,[1] had a two-year hiatus between 1901 and 1903, and has run continuously since 1903 apart from during the two world wars and a four-year spell in the 1930s.
It fed the East Midlands Counties Football League until its dissolution in 2021.
The Football Association classified the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division as Step 7, due to the quality of football played and the standard of the grounds on which teams play.
An application to re-grade the Premier Division to Step 6 was turned down by the FA in 2006.
Step 7 was later abolished and the Premier Division was re-classified as an NLS county feeder.