East Norton (East Norton and Launde)
Description in 1871:
"East Norton, a parish, with a village, in Billesdon district, Leicester; on the river Eye, adjacent to Rutland, 5½ miles WNW of Uppingham, and 6½ SW of Oakham r. station. Post town, Uppingham. Acres, 1,840. Real property, £3,309. Pop., 142. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. Morris, Esq. A petrifying spring is near the church. An ancient camp, supposed to be Roman, is at Filton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £175. Patron,H. Morris, Esq. The church is decorated English; and consists of nave and aisles, with low square tower."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72
Note: There is an East Norton parish in Nottinghamshire, also. Make sure that you are researching the correct one!
- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon 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. |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2494 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was built in Norman times.
- The church chancel was repaired in 1847.
- The church was restored in 1850.
- This church seats 120.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1690.
- The church was in the rural Gartree deanery (third portion).
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a room to use as a chapel prior to 1849.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
East Norton is a village, a chapelry and a parish on the eastern boundary of Leicestershire, in a low valley only 14 miles east of Leicester city, 6 miles east of Uppingham in Rutland and 93 miles from London. The parish has a tiny corner on the east end that touches Rutland county. Allexton parish lies to the east and Tugby parish to the west. The parish covers 1,138 acres.
The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries. The Eye Brook passes just north of the village. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester city past Tugby. East Norton village will be about a mile further down the road.
- The Manor House was a stone building on the north side of the village and the residence of John Hippersley HAYCOCK in 1849.
- The national grid reference is SK 7800.
- 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 was long an ancient Chapelry in Leicestershire, but became a Civil Parish in late 1866.
- The parish lies in the East Goscote Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern (or northern) division of the county.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the justice room of the White Bull inn where petty sessional hearings took place.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
134 |
| 1871 |
125 |
| 1881 |
134 |
| 1891 |
139 |
| 1901 |
149 |
| 1911 |
120 |
| 1921 |
137 |
| 1931 |
92 |
| 1951 |
111 |
| 1961 |
95 |
- In 1849 the parish had a Free School and two private schools.
- By 1912 the children of this parish were attending school in Tugby parish.
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[Last updated: 1-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
