Beaumont Leys
Description in 1871:
"Beaumont Leys, par., in N. of co. and 2 miles N. of Leicester, 1210 ac., pop. 39."
[1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]
- 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.
- There was no Anglican parish church here.
- Parishoners attended the church at Belgrave.
- Check the registers at Belgrave's church for your relatives.
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Beaumont Leys was in the the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
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.
- There is no mention of a Manor House in the Directories of 1881 and 1912.
- 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.
- 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.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
36 |
| 1881 |
39 |
| 1891 |
127 |
| 1901 |
167 |
| 1921 |
174 |
| 1931 |
169 |
- The children of this parish attended school at Belgrave parish.
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[Created: 8-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
