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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Frolesworth (Frowlesworth)

Census

• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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 is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
  
  
• The church may have originally been built before the Norman Conquest.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1887.
  
  
• The church tower was restored in 1895.
  
  
• The church seats 160.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (second portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Frolesworth is a parish and a village located 92 miles north of London, 2 miles north of Ullesthorpe and 3 miles south of Broughton Astley. The parish covers 1,515 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B4114 off the A5 (Whatling Street), north past Sharnford and turn right after that village to find Frolesworth.
  
  

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History

• John SMITH, a distinguished judge and later Lord CHief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland, was born in this parish in 1656.
  
  

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Manors

• The web page author could find no record of a Hall or Manor House in this parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 5385.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• You can view an online map at the Axcis site.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name "Frolesworth" is the currently accepted spelling, but you will find many records filed under the old spelling: "Frowlesworth".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish lies in the Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In 1726, the will of Baron John SMITH provided funding for 24 almshouses for widows. There was a small chapel attached to the almshouses where weekly services were held.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	318
1871	258
1881	214
1891	201
1901	216
1911	243
1921	220
1931	245
1951	210
1961	181

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1870. This school was originally a Church of England weekday school. This school was enlarged in 1907 to accomodate up to 72 children.
  
  

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