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Barkby

Description in 1871:
"BARKBY, a township and a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester. The township lies on an affluent of the river Wreak, 1½ mile S by E of Syston r. station, and 4½ NE of Leicester; and it includes the hamlet of Hambleton. Real property, £3,739. Pop., 504. Houses, 117. The parish contains also the township of North Thurmaston and the hamlet of Barkby-Thorpe; and its Post Town is Syston, under Leicester. Acres, 2,290. Real property, exclusive of Thurmaston, £4,739. Pop., 791. Houses, 183. Barkby Hall is the seat of W. Pochin, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £250. Patron, W. Pochin, Esq. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels and a national school."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72,

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Cemeteries

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Census

Census
Year
Piece No.
1861 R.G. 9 / 2282
1891 R.G. 12 / 2523
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Church History

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Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Description and Travel.

Barkby is a village and a parish which lie about 109 miles north of London and 5 miles northeast of Leicester. The parish includes the hamlet of Hambleton and the townships of Barkby Thorpe and North Thurmaston and covers about 2,087 acres. Beeby parish lies to the east and Syston parish lies to the north.

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History

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Manors

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Maps

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Politics and Governance

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Poorhouses, Poor Law.

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Population

     Year  Inhabitants
1841 849
1861 791
1871 440
1881 579
1891 631
1901 682
1911 670
1921 730
1931 955
1951 405
1961 363
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Schools

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