Hallaton
- The parish was in the Great Easton sub-district of the Uppingham 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 Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels.
- The church is of early Norman origin.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1890.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1563.
- The parish was in the Great Easton sub-district of the Uppingham registration district.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Hallaton is a small village in SE Leicestershire, England, famous for its bottle kicking ritual and set in rolling green countryside. It is in close proximity to the historic market town of Oakham, Uppingham and Market Harborough and 90 miles north of London. Hallaton is a parish of 2,969 acres, 16 miles eastsouth-east of Leicester, and 8 miles north-east of Market Harborough.
If you are planning a visit:
- Plan to visit the Hallaton Village Museum. It is a small community-based museum, with exhibitions on Hare Pie scrambling and bottle kicking. Occasional meetings for villagers on topics of interest. It is on Hogg Lane.
- Set aside some time for fishing at Eybrook Reservoir or Rutland Water.
- The Leicestershire Tourist Information website has tourist information and history.
- In the Middle Ages Hallaton was one of the busiest towns of Leicestershire in the English East Midlands, with no fewer than four annual fairs as well as its market.
- Nearly half a mile west of the church is Castle Hill, perhaps the remains of a 12th-century motte and bailey castle connected with an iron-working site.
- Hallaton village is famous for its Hare Pie Scrambling and Bottle Kicking Contest, which is celebrated every Easter Monday between Hallaton and the neighbouring village of Medbourne.
- See "Hallaton", A History of the County of Leicestershire, volume 5, Gartree Hundred (1964), pp. 121-33.
- Hallaton Hall stands on the east side of the village.
- Hallaton Manor House stands about half a mile south-west of the village.
- The national grid reference is SP 7896.
- 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.
- The parish lies in the Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
- A workhouse was purchased in the parish in 1732.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Uppingham Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty sessional hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1086 |
26 |
| 1801 |
548 |
| 1841 |
637 |
| 1871 |
614 |
| 1881 |
716 |
| 1891 |
755 |
| 1901 |
602 |
| 1911 |
566 |
| 1921 |
465 |
| 1931 |
423 |
| 1951 |
422 |
| 1961 |
424 |
| 2001 |
523 |
- The earliest evidence of a school at Hallaton is the subscription of a graduate schoolmaster there in 1634.
- There has been a Church school on this site in Hallaton since 1865.
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Last updated: 13-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills
