Elmersthorpe

• The parish was in the Earl Shilton sub-district of the Hinckley 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:
   

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary.
   
• The original church was built in the thirteenth century.
   
• The church had long been "in ruins" by 1849, but the tower was still standing then.
   
• The present church was the result of a restoration in 1869 harmonized in style with the ruined portions.
   
• The church is a Grade II listed structure with British Heritage.
   
• John SALMON has a photograph of St Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2003.
   
• Andrew TATLOW also has a photograph of St Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
   

• The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (second portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Earl Shilton sub-district of the Hinckley Registration District.
   

Elmersthorpe is a small village 3 miles north-east of Hinckley and just south of Earl Shilton. The village is listed on most modern maps as "Elmesthorpe". The parish lies 101 miles north of London.

The land around the village is low and was very boggy, but has been drained. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is on the road between Earl Shilton and Stoney Stanton (the B581). The M69 motorway passes underneath this road, but no local turnoff is provided.
   
• A railway passes just along the southern edge of the village, but no passenger service seems to be available today. There is no station.
   

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Elmersthorpe to another place.

• The Harvey, Harvey & Company boot and shoe manufacturers were located here in 1925.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of The Wentworth Arms on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017. This public house is on Station Road near the railway crossing.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP461964 (Lat/Lon: 52.563486, -1.321359), Elmersthorpe 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.

The name of the village and parish have appeared as "Elmesthorpe", "Elmsthorpe" and "Elmersthorpe". It was "Ailmerestorp" in 1207.
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names:, 1991, Oxford University Press

• The parish lies in the Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
   
• This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• In 1881 this parish covered 1,650 acres. 10 years later, it covered only 1,305 acres.
   
• You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history research.
   
• District governance is provided by the Blaby District Council.
   

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Hinckley Poorlaw Union.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty sessional hearings.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	35
1841	36
1871	44
1881	34
1891	38
1901	70
1911	84
1921	77
1931	134
1951	392
1961	361

• The children of this parish attended schools at Barwell and Stoney Stanton.