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Description in 1871:
"HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL, a village and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicestershire. The village stands 2¾ miles WNW of Billesdon, and 6 E by S of Leicester r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Houghton, under Leicester. The parish comprises 2,450 acres Real property, £3,672. Pop., 449. Houses, 100. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to H. L. Keek, Esq. There is a mineral spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £262. Patron, W. Freer, Esq. The church is old; was recently restored; and has a spire, open seats, and an old font. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
John BARTHOLOMEW's "Gazetteer of the British Isles," 1887
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Timothy HEATON has a photograph of St. Catharine's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2020.
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon 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:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2254 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3229 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2495 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Catharine.
- The church was restored in 1860.
- The church was restored during the period from 1897 through 1907.
- The exterior of the church was restored in 1903.
- The church seats 300.
- Ashley DACE has a photograph of St. Catharine's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
- Timothy GLOVER also has a photograph of St. Catharine's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2018.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1651.
- The Anglican parish was in the rural deanery of Gartree (second portion).
- The Baptists had a chapel here before 1849, but it is not mentioned in 1881.
- A Wesleyan Methodist apparently bought the Baptist chapel in 1852.
- Timothy HEATON has a photograph of the Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2020.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
Houghton on Hill is both a village and a parish just 6 miles east of Leicester city on the Uppingham Road. The parish covers about 2,160 acres and was primarily pastureland for centuries.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester or west out of Uppingham. The road passes along the north edge of the village.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007. You can help by trimming the brush back from around the sign.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Houghton on the Hill to another place.
- A large part of the parish land was given over to pasturage.
- The parish feast was held on the Sunday after Sept. 29th.
- Ashley DACE has a photograph of The Old Black Horse pub on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Rose and Crown Inn on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK676032 (Lat/Lon: 52.622366, -1.002846), Houghton on the Hill which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007. This memorial was erected in 1921.
- In 1921 a richly coloured carved oak reredos was erected in the north aisle of the parish church as a war memorial.
- This place was an "ancient parish" in the county of Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
- You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they cannot do family history searches for you.
- District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty sessional hearings.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became the centre of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.