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Goadby (Godeby)

Description in 1871:
"GOADBY, a chapelry in Billesdon parish, Leicester; near a branch of the river Welland, 5½ miles N by W of Medbourne - Bridge r. station, and 8 NNE of Market-Harborough. Post - town, Billesdon, under Leicester. Real property, £1,860. Pop., 134. Houses, 28. The manor belongs to Lord Berners. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Billesdon, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church was restored in 1854."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Census.

• This parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
  
  
• The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society have indexed the 1851 Census for Leicestershire. 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 John the Baptist.
  
  
• The church was built in the 13th century (about 1215) just to the east of the village.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1854.
  
  
• The church was restored again in 1899 and once more in 1931.
  
  
• The church steeple has been struck by lkightning at least twice in recent decades.
  
  
• The church was renovated in 2009.
  
  
• The church seats 130.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1700.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Gartree third portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Goadby is a village, a township and a parish 3 miles north of Hallaton, 9 miles north of Market Harborough and 12 miles south-east of Leicester city. The parish covers 961 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The village has its own webiste at Leicestershire Villages, but there isn't much of historical note at the site.
  
  

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History.

• The land in the parish was typically given over to pasture.
  
  
• Every year, the parish holds a fundraiser for the church's maintenance on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday.
  
  

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Manors.

• In 1912 Mrs. Rebecca BENNETT lived in the Manor House.
  
  

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Maps.

• The national grid reference is SP 7958.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• "Goadby" is from the Old Scandanavian. It is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Goutebi"
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient Chapelry in Billesdon parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish has a small population and a formal Parish Council isn't needed. The citizens have periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civic or political issues.
  
  
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council. They are not staffed to assist you with family searches, but you can discuss civic or regional issues with them.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

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Population.

Year	Inhabitants
1841	122
1871	126
1881	103
1891	83
1901	74
1911	62

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School was built here circa 1849 to hold 30 children.
  
  

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