Kirkby Mallory
Description in 1877:
"KIRKBY MALLORY parish gives its name to a pleasant village and township on the north side of the vale of a rivulet, 4 1/2 miles N. N. W. of Hinckley and 4 miles S.E. of Market Bosworth, and in that Union and County Court District, and in 1871 contained 222 persons living in 49 houses on 2,190 acres of land. The entire parish which is in Sparkenhoe Hundred, including Earl Shilton township, in Hinckley Union and County Court District, comprises an area of 3,110 acres, and had a population of 2,275 in 1871. The soil is chiefly a light loam and gravel, and the surface diversified. The Earl of Lovelace is lord of the manor and owner of all the soil, except one farm, belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Jee; but his seat of KIRKBY MALLORY HALL is occupied by Lord de Clifford."
White's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland, 3rd Edition," 1877
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth 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. Volume 2 includes Kirkby Mallory.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2262 & 2264 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2506 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church construction date remains unreported.
- The church was completely restored in 1889.
- Additional renovation were carried out in 1898.
- The church seats 130.
- Just outside the churchyard is a monument to Ada Augusta Lovelace, known to computer geeks as the first programmer. She died on 29 November, 1852.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1599.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (second portion).
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Kirkby Mallory is a village, a township and a parish which lie about 114 miles north of London, 5 miles north of Hinckley and 4 miles east of Market Bosworth. The parish covers about 1,008 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A447 north out of Hinckley to Kirkby Mallory. The road runs along the eastern edge of the village.
- John Perridge's Kirkby Mallory site includes a brief history of the village along with details of Kirkby Hall, the sale of the village in 1922 and growing up in Kirkby in the 1950's.
- Kirkby Mallory Hall was the property and residence of Herbert Clarkson HARTLEY in 1881.
- The national grid reference is SK 4500.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
- There was a fund for apprenticing poor children of the parish, arising from bequests left by the NOEL and DILKE families.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
These census figures, except for 1841, appear to be for the Township and not the entire parish of Kirkby Mallory.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
259 |
| 1871 |
222 |
| 1881 |
149 |
| 1901 |
124 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1863 for 56 children.
This parish page originally written by Tim Arguile. Follow this link to find help, report problems or contribute information.
[Last Updated: 18-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
