One of the group of Junior leagues to be formed for the 1895/96 season. Originally it was proposed to be called the South Leicestershire Football League but the name was changed to the Hinckley & District Football League before the start of the first season. A second division was added in 1898.
The league ran as the South Leicestershire Football League until the end of the 1971/72 season when it merged with the Market Harborough & District Football League to form the Hinckley & Harborough Alliance Football League.