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Frolesworth

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John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 870-72":

"FROWLESWORTH, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near the river Soar, the Midland railway, and the Fosse way, 2 miles SSW of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 5 NNW of Lutterworth. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 1,496. Real property, £3,635. Pop., 291. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £457. Patron, the Rev. S. L. Noble. The church is ancient and tolerable. Chief Baron Smith's almshouses have £541; and other charities £3."
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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:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 598
1861R.G. 9 / 2245
1871R.G. 10 / 3221
1891R.G. 12 / 2489
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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.
     
  • Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Nicholas' Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2005.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of St. Nicholas' Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2016.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (second portion).
     
  • Free REG has a database for accessing the 1538-1837 marriages, and the 1582-1870 baptisms.
     
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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 & 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.
     
  • J. THOMAS has a photograph of Frolesworth Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
     
  • Alex McGREGOR has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
     
You can see pictures of Frolesworth which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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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

  • You can view an online map at the Axcis site.
     
  • See our Maps page for additional resources.
     

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP503906 (Lat/Lon: 52.510978, -1.260282), Frolesworth which are provided by:

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Military History

There is a brass tablet in the parish church to Samuel Grime RECORD who died in the 2nd Boer War, 21 Oct. 1900.

There is a wooden "battlefield cross" in the parish church as a memorial for Captain Alan E. BOUCHER of the 9th Btn, Leicester Regt.who lost his life on 25 June 1916.

There is also inside the church a framed copy of the painting by George H. SWINSTEAD "The White Comrade", showing a wounded WW1 soldier being held upright by one comrade with a white angel behind

There is a three-light stained glass window in the church, commemorating the four men from the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918.

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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 & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish lies in the Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
     
  • The citizens of this parish do not have a formal Parish Council. Instead they hold periodic Parish Meetings to debate civic and political issues.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lutterworth petty session hearings every other Thursday.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Ian ROB has a photograph of the Almshouses dating from 1761 on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
     
  • As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
     
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Population

 YearInhabitants
1841318
1871258
1881214
1891201
1901216
1911243
1921220
1931245
1951210
1961181
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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.