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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Beaumont Leys

Description in 1871:
"Beaumont Leys, par., in N. of co. and 2 miles N. of Leicester, 1210 ac., pop. 39."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Census

• Beaumont Leys was in the the Rothley subdistrict 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 Beaumont Leys was a part.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• There was no Anglican parish church here.
  
  
• Parishoners attended the church at Belgrave.
  
  

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Church Records

• Check the registers at Belgrave's church for your relatives.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  
• Beaumont Leys was in the the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Beaumont Leys is a village and a parish in eastern Leicestershire. The parish is 100 miles north of London and 3 miles northwest from Leicester city. The parish covers 1,651 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The village is too small to be listed on most maps or the area.
  
  

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Manors

• There is no mention of a Manor House in the Directories of 1881 and 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5608.
  
  
• 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 had been an extra-parochial area until about 1880, when it was formed as a Civil Parish.
  
  
• On 26 March, 1892, this parish was expanded by adding rural parts of Belgrave parish and Leicester Abbey.
  
  
• On 1 April, 1935, this parish was abolished and parts added to Anstey parish, Thurcaston parish and Leicester parish.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Beaumont Leys became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school at Belgrave parish.
  
  

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[Last updated: 20-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]