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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Knight Thorpe

Description in 1871:
"KNIGHT-THORPE, a township in Loughborough parish, Leicester; near Loughborough. Real property, £1, 533. Pop., 58. Houses, 12."
[John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72]

Census

• Knight Thorpe was in the Loughborough subdistrict of the Loughborough 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The web page author could find no history of a church or churches in Kight Thorpe.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion).
  
  
• Knight Thorpe is known for its lovely Methodist Church on Knight Thorpe Road, just off the A6 trunk road.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  
• Knight Thorpe was in the Loughborough subdistrict of the Loughborough registration district.
  
  
• Certificates of birth, death and marriage can be obtained from the Superintendent Registrar at Leicestershire Central or Loughborough
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Knight Thorpe is a township and an ancient chapelry in Leicestershire. The parish is 118 miles north of London and just 2 miles northeast from Loughborough. The parish covers 419 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the B675 arterial road passes throught the village just north of Barrow on Soar.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5722.
  
  
• 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

• This place was long a township in Loughborough parish in Leicestershire, but was incorporated as a separate Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• In March, 1891, the Civil Parish was reduced in size to enlarge both Garendon Civil Parish and Loughborough Civil Parish.
  
  
• In October, 1902, the Civil Parish was abolished and the land ceeded back to Loughborough Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, Knight Thorpe became part of the Loughborough Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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[Created: 9-December-2010 - Louis R. Mills]