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Aston Flamville

"ASTON FLAMVILLE, a parish, township, and village in Sparkenhoe Hundred, Hinckley Union and that County Court District, is situated about 3 miles E.S.E of Hinckley. Aston Flamville parish has an area of 4670 acres, and comprises Aston Flamville and Burbage townships; the former having a population of 108, living in 20 houses, and the latter one of 1725, living in 393 houses. The River Soar has one of its sources in the parish, and the soil is various, but generally fertile."
[White's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition." 1877]

Census

• The parish was in the Burbage sub-district of the Hinckley 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 6 covers the Burbage and Earl Shilton sub-district which includes Aston Flamville.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church was built in the Gothic style and contains a square tower.
  
  
• The church chancel was restored in 1855 and rebuilt in 1873.
  
  
• The church seats 150.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562. Some sources give 1558.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (second portion).
  
  
• The Society of Genealogists holds microfiche copies of baptisms from 1763 - 1812 along with details baptisms between 1759 and 1767 at Turville Roman Catholic chapel.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Burbage sub-district of the Hinckley Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Aston Flamville is a village, a township and a parish 95 miles north of London, 2.5 miles east of Hinckley and 9 miles northwest of Lutterworth. The parish covers 1,091 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries, with the rest of it in barley, wheat and root crops. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is just east of Burbage and is easily approached on the country roads on the east side of that place.
  
  

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Manors

• The Manor House was the residence of John William SIMONS, a farmer, in 1881.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 4693.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of Leicestershire and became a Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish lies in the Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history research.
  
  
• District governance is provided by the Blaby District Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Hinckley Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty sessional hearings.
  
  
• Thomas FREWEN had five almshouses built in 1847.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1871	108
1881	113
1891	100
1901	77
1911	78
1921	84
1931	107

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Burbage.
  
  

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