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Elmersthorpe (Elmesthorpe, Elmsthorpe)

Description in 1871:
"ELMSTHORPE, a parish in Hinckley district, Leicester; on the Leicester and Nuneaton railway, 3 miles NE by E of Hinckley. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Hinckley. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £1,446. Pop., 45. Houses, 5. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Earl-Shilton, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church was used as the head-quarters of Richard's army previous to the battle of Bosworth; and is now in ruins."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72]

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• 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.
  
  

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Church Records

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

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

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.
  
  

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History

• The Harvey, Harvey & Company boot and shoe manufacturers were located here in 1925.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 4697.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• 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.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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.
  
  

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Population

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

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Schools

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

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