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Horninghold

Description in 1871:
"HORNINGHOLD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester; 3¼ miles W of the boundary with Rutland, 4 N of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 8½ NE of Market-Harborough. Posttown, Uppingham. Acres, 1, 205. Real property, £2, 139. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Robert de Todeni; was given by him to Belvoir priory; and belongs now to T. Chamberlayne, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £80. Patron, W. Chamberlayne, Esq. The church is old but good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire; and has a Norman doorway, and a pillared octagonal font. Charities, £20"
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Great Easton subdistrict 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.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church building dates back to at least 1628.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1661.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Gartree (third portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Great Easton subdistrict of the Uppingham Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Horninghold is a village and a parish in a valley with a stream running past the west end of the village, about 16 miles southeast of Leiscester, 9 miles northeast of Market Harborough and 5 miles southwest of Uppingham (in Rutland county). The parish covers 1,218 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B664 arterial road southwest out of Uppingham and turn right (west) just before Stockerston. About 1.5 miles along that country road you will find Horninghold.
  
  

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History

• Most of the land in the parish was used for pasture.
  
  

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Manors

• The author could find only a mention of Horninghold House, but no history or designation as the manor house.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 8097.
  
  
• 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 was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Uppingham Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1871	106
1881	126
1901	116
1911	124
1921	112
1931	91
1951	86
1961	85

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Hallaton.
  
  

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