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John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)":
"KIRBY-BELLARS, a parish, with a pleasant village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the river Wreak, and on the Syston and Peterborough railway, at Ashfordby r. station, 2¾ miles WSW of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2,590. Real property, £5, 060. Pop., 243. Houses, 52. The manor belongs to the Rev. E. Manners. Kirby Park was a hunting seat of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.; and is now occupied by a farmer. A college, for a warden and twelve priests, was founded in the parish, by Roger Beller, in 1319; and was converted into an Augustinian priory, by Alice Beller, in 1359. Fossil bones of elephants and other animals were found in 1821. The parish is a meet for the Quorndon hounds. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £88. Patron, Sir Robert Burdett, Bart. The church is handsome; and has a tower, with lofty spire."
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- 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 transferred to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census Year | Piece No. |
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1841 | H.O. 107 / 587 & 592 |
1861 | R.G. 9 / 2299 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3292 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2543 |
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 transferred to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kirby Bellars to another place.
- Sir Francis BURDETT, baronet, wrote a reform letter here which got him imprisoned in the King's Bench.
Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of Kirby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2009.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK717178 (Lat/Lon: 52.753023, -0.938473), Kirby Bellars 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.
On 1 May 1944 Beaufighter KW199 from 304FTU crashed at Kirby Bellars killing both members of the crew.
- 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 become part of the new Frisby Civil Parish.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Melton Mowbray petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.