Goadby Marwood
Description in 1871:
"GOADBY-MARWOOD, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 5 miles NNE of Melton-Mowbray town and r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 618. Real property, £3,239. Pop., 195. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The Hall is a handsome mansion. The Park is a meet for the Belvoir hounds. Many Roman coins and other relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. Patron, G. Bellairs, Esq. The church was built about 1280; and has a pinnacled tower, an ancient font, and the tomb of Peck, the antiquary, who was rector. Charities, £24."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
- This parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, this parish was assigned to the Clawson sub-district of the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- Our census section for the county gives general information.
- 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 and Volume 25 (Clawson Sub-District) includes Goadby Marwood.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2303 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2545 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Denis (Denys).
- The church was built around 1280.
- The church was restored and reseated in 1884.
- The church seats 170.
- There is a photograph of St. Denys Church at Wikipedia.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1656.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the new Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Goadby Marwood is a village and a parish at the foot of the hill 6 miles north of Melton Mowbray and 120 miles north of London. The parish covers about 1,620 acres.
The village has no pub or shop, but does have a post office that opens for 2 hours each week. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A607 arterial road northeast out of Melton Mowbray. At Waltham on the Wolds, turn left and exit the village after checking your petrol guage. The next village on the left, ahead, is Goadby Marwood.
- Please note that there is only one road into or out of the village. One is ill-advised to attempt an alternate route through a bovine-dominated field.
- The village has its own website which you can visit for local information: Goadby Marwood.
- Numerous Roman coins, urns and human bones have been discovered here.
- The Rev. Edmund CARTWRIGHT, rector here in 1820-23, was the inventor of the power loom.
- Goadby Marwood has a tiny Village Hall, built of stone, that used to be the village school. You can rent it and have a dinner for all your living relatives in the village.
- Goadby Hall, which stands near the church, was the seat of the Rev. Edward MANNERS in 1841.
- The national grid reference is SK 7826.
- 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.
- This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- On 1 April, 1936, this Civil Parish was abolished and the area on 1.650 acres merged with Eaton Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
202 |
| 1861 |
195 |
| 1871 |
173 |
| 1881 |
155 |
| 1891 |
125 |
| 1901 |
188 |
| 1911 |
176 |
| 1921 |
157 |
- A Parochial School was built here in 1861 to hold 70 children.
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[Last updated: 19-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
