Edmondthorpe (Edmerethorpe)
Description in 1871:
"EDMONDTHORPE, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the verge of the county, adjacent to the Melton-Mowbray canal, 3¾ miles ESE of Saxby r. station, and 7 E by S of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Wymondham, under Oakham. Acres, 1, 753. Real property, £2, 867. Pop., 233. Houses, 49. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £630. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is neat, and has a pinnacled tower. Charities, £13."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales." 1870-1872]
- The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mobray Registration District.
- In a 1935 re-organization of census districts, this parish was allocated to the Melton and Belvoir 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 Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael (some sources say St. Michael and All Angels).
- The church has a square embattled tower surmounted by pinnacles.
- The church was built before 1560.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1875.
- The church seats 300.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1630 (some sources give 1560).
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mobray Registration District.
- In a 1935 re-organization of civil registration districts, this parish was allocated to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Edmondthorpe is a village and parish about 100 miles north of London and 6 miles north of Oakham (in Rutland). The parish had a long east-west axis and is narrow in the north-south axis and sits across the top of the border with Rutlandshire. The Oakham Canal passed through the parish, but was not navigable most of the time. The parish covered about 1,750 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B676 east out of Melton Mobray. Turn east at Saxby and go to Wymondham. From there drive south to Edmondthorpe.
- Only about 500 acres of the parish was put to the plough. The rest was grazing land.
- In the 1800s, most of the working population were graziers.
- Stilton Cheese was made here.
- In 1849, William EDWARDES is residing in the Manor House.
- Edmondthorpe Hall is described in 1881 as a "fine old structure". It was the seat of William Ann POCHIN.
- In 1912, Edmondthorpe Hall was the residence of Victoria Alexandrina, Countess of Yarborough.
- The national grid reference is SK 8517.
- 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 an ancient parish of Leicestershire and a modern Civil Parish as well.
- The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred (or Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- This parish was abolished in 1936 and all the land amalgamated with Wymondham Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
261 |
| 1871 |
238 |
| 1881 |
209 |
| 1901 |
165 |
| 1911 |
207 |
| 1921 |
173 |
| 1931 |
195 |
- A school was built in the parish in 1838. This school was rebuilt 1863 at the cost of William Ann POCHIN. It could hold 100 children.
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[Last updated: 19-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
