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Desford

"DESFORD, a large village, with many framework knitters, is pleasantly situated on a bold acclivity, about a mile south of the station, to which it gives its name, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, 5 miles E. by N. of market Bosworth, and 8 miles W. by S. of Leicester. Desford parish, which is in Sparkenhoe Hundred, Market Bosworth Union, and that County Court District, comprises the township and the hamlet of Barrons Park, and in 1871 contained 911 persons, living in 217 houses, on 3830 acres of land. Baron's Park, which then had 17 inhabitants, comprises about 415, situate about two miles E. of the village, and mostly in three farms..." [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Census

The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. Volume 2 includes Desford which has been published on microfiche only.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds extracts from parish registers from 1629 - 1699 and copies of marriage records from 1559 - 1837 which can be studied at their library in London.

The original records are held at the The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

Maps

Multi Media Mapping have a current map showing the location of Desford.

Poorhouses, Poor Law.

Desford was part of the Market Bosworth Union. The union workhouse, situated in Lichfield Road, Market Bosworth, was built in 1836 and could accomodate 200 paupers.

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Last updated: 25 August 2004 - David Hawgood