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Kirby Bellars

Census

• The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray 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 Leicestershire Libraries hold copies of the census for 1841 through 1901. See Liec. Libraries to see which Library holds which copies.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• A College for a warden and 12 priests was founded here in the Reign of Edward II (1280 AD) by one Roger Beller. In 1359 this became a convent of Saint Augustine canons. This was also dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church is built of ironstone in the Gothic style, but no specific date of construction has been found.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1889.
  
  
• The church is a Grade I listed building with British Heritage.
  
  
• The church seats 200.
  
  
• Geograph has a photograph of St. Peter's Church at the very north end of the village.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1713.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (third portion).
  
  
• The Congregationalist chapel was built in 1865 and restored in 1892.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Kirby Bellars is a village, a township and a parish which lie about 115 miles north of London, 15 miles northwest of Leicester city and 2.5 miles west-by-south of Melton Mobray. The parish covered almost 2,700 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle. The River Wreak passes through this parish.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A607 arterial road west out of Melton Mobray. This road cuts through the south part of Kirby Bellars village/
  
  
• Check out the village website at Leicestershire villages.
  
  

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History

• Sir Francis BURDETT, baronet, wrote a reform letter here which got him imprisoned in the King's Bench.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7117.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• The village is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Chirchebi."
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• The Civil Parish was abolished in 1936 to create Frisby Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	236
1871	257
1881	271
1891	258
1901	264
1911	271
1921	247
1931	220

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in nearby Asfordby.
  
  

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