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Gilmorton

Description in 1871:
"GILMORTON, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 3 miles NE by N of Lutterworth, and 4 SE of Broughton-Astley r. station. It has a post office under Lutterworth. Acres, 2,830. Real property, £4,455. Pop., 853. Houses, 200. The property is subdivided. Some of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £632. Patron, the Rev. J. M. Lakin. The church was rebuilt in 1860, at a cost of upwards of £2, 000 There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school, and some small charities."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales,"1870-72]

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 All Saints.
  
  
• The church dates from before the 17th century.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1860.
  
  
• The church spire was damaged by storms in 1883-84 and was partially rebuilt in 1885. It was entirely rebuilt in 1909.
  
  
• The church seats 430.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1611.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
  
  
• A Congregationalist chapel was built here in 1872.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Gilmorton is a village and civil parish in the southern hills of Leicestershire, England. The parish lies 97 miles north of London, 12 miles south of Leicester city and 5 miles east of Ullesthorpe parish. The parish covers just over 2,470 acres and includes the hamlet of Cotes de Val.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A426 trunk road south out of Leicester and turn west (left) after Dunton Bassett.
  
  

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History

• In the 1800s most of the workers here were frame-work knitters.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 5787.
  
  
• 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 is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish received about 300 acres from Kimcott parish in 1877 by Local Governmet Order.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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	866
1871	739
1881	644
1891	534
1901	512
1911	464
1921	467
1931	481
1951	454
1961	432

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Schools

• The Public Elementary School was endowed for 20 children and built in 1860 to hold 108 children.
  
  

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