Beeby
Description in 1871:
"BEEBY, a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Wreak, 4 miles SE of Syston r. station, and 5½ NE of Leicester. Post Town, Hungarton, under Leicester. Acres, 1,020. Real property, £2,620. Pop., 119. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. Beeby House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £282. Patron, Earl Shaftesbury. The church is good."
[1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]
- Beeby was in the Syston 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.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2282 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2523 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The date of the original structure is uncertain.
- The original church tower is incomplete.
- The church nave was rebuilt in the 15th century.
- The chancel screen, dating from about 1355, was restored in 1894.
- The church was restored in 1867.
- The church seats 100.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Beeby was in the Syston subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
Beeby is a village and a parish in eastern Leicestershire. The parish is 100 miles north of London, 4.5 miles southeast of Syston, and 6 miles east-north-east from Leicester city. The parish covers 1,435 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, there are several approaches off either the A46 or A47 out of Leicester city.
- There is mention of a Manor House in the Directories of 1881 and 1912, but no discriptions.
- The national grid reference is SK 6608
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
114 |
| 1881 |
108 |
| 1901 |
93 |
| 1911 |
95 |
| 1921 |
98 |
| 1931 |
97 |
| 1951 |
109 |
| 1961 |
104 |
- Thomas STEVENSON left £20 in 1820 for the education of poor boys in the parish.
- The children of this parish attended school in Barkby's Public Elementary School, about 2 miles to the west.
- A few children of this parish attended school in Keyham parish, about 1 mile to the south.
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[Last updated: 20-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
