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Description in 1871:
"CATTHORPE, or Calthorpe, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; on the verge of the county, Watling-street, and the river Avon, near the Midland railway, 4 miles ENE of Rugby. It has a post office under Rugby. Acres, 625. Real property, £1,493. Pop., 146. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £260. Patron, the Rev. L. Harper. The church is good; and has a very old font. Charities, £16."
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- The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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. |
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1861 | R.G. 9 / 2244 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3221 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2489 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Thomas.
- The church dates from around 1300.
- The church was restored and reseated in 1886.
- The church seats 125.
- Ian ROB has a photograph of St. Thomas Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2009.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Churchyard Lych Gate on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2007.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1573.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (second portion).
- A small Baptist chapel was built here before 1871.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837
. - The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth Registration District.
Catthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Leicestershire, England. It is the southern-most and western-most parish in Leicestershire, some 5 miles south of Lutterworth and 4 miles east of Rugby. The parish covers 645 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A14 motorway east out of Coventry almost to the M1 motorway.
- The A5 trunk road, otherwise known as Whatling Street, passes along the west side of the village.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Catthorpe to another place.
- "Bikeboy" has a photograph of the Cherry Tree Pub on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of Catthorpe Manor on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
Jenny GILES also has a photograph of Catthorpe Manor on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP552782 (Lat/Lon: 52.39904, -1.190137), Catthorpe which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
There is a Brass plaque on wooden frame inside the parish church. There are five names from World War I inscribed on the memorial.
There is a single Commonwealth War Grave in St. Thomas churchyard for a man from World War I. That man was from Rugby, Warwickshire
The names listed on the World War One Memorial in the church are:
Name | Rank | Unit | Died | Other info. |
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John Henry GREEN | private | 7th Btln., Leics. Regt. | 26 April 1915 | Age 36, son of Thomas GREEN |
John GURNEY | No other information provided | |||
Arthur HIPWELL | private | 6th Btln., Leics. Regt. | 17 July 1916 | This may be Private J. H. HIPWELL |
Harold Alfred LANGHAM | private | East Kent Regt. | 23 Mar. 1917 | Age 18, son of Alfred and Fanny LANGHAM |
Rupert William ROBINSON | Probably the son of Charles and Catherine ROBINSON | |||
Owen ROBINSON | Probably the son of Charles and Catherine ROBINSON |
- This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- In April, 1935, the parish was reduced in size by 10 acres to enlarge Newton and Biggin Civil Parish.
- You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they will NOT assist you with family history lookups.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1655.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lutterworth petty session hearings every other Thursday.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.