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Description in 1846:
"ANSTEY PASTURES, separated from Anstey by a rivulet, is an extra parochial liberty, 3 1/2 miles N.W. of Leicester, containing 19 inhabitants, and about 100 acres of land, belonging to the Rev. Robert Martin M.A., vicar of Ratby and Breedon, who resides at the Hall, a commodious mansion, with pleasant grounds."
[White's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland." 1st Edition 1846]
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Anstey Pastures, Church of England |
- Anstey Pastures was in the Rothley sub-district of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
- The 1851 census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print and Volume 13 covers the Barrow on Soar District of which Anstey Pastures was a part.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1861 R.G. 9 / 2281 1871 R.G. 10 / 3265 1891 R.G. 12 / 2521
Anstey Pastures, Church of England |
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Anstey Pastures was in the Rothley sub-district of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
- The Registrar's Office in Barrow-upon-Soar closed in 1945. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can now be obtained from the Superintendent Registrar at Leicestershire Central or Loughborough
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Anstey Pastures to another place.
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK538089 (Lat/Lon: 52.675142, -1.205748), Anstey Pastures which are provided by:
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- Anstey Pastures was an extra-parochial area that became a Civil Parish parish in 1858.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the mid division of the county.
- On 1 April 1935 this place was abolished as a Civil Parish and 74 acres went to Anstey Civil Parish.
- Also part of the above process, the remaining 73 acres went to Glenfields Civil Parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Poor Law Union.