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Lowesby (or Loseby)

Description in 1871:
"LOWESBY, a village, a township and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester. The township lies 3¾ miles N by E of Billesdon, and 7½ ESE of Syston r. station. Real property, £2,502. Pop., 121. Houses, 20. The parish contains also the township of Cold Newton; and its post town is Billesdon, under Leicester. Acres, 2,350. Real property, £4,945. Pop., 259. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Lowesby Hall, belongs to Sir F. T. Fowke, Bart. The living is a Vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £105. Patron, Sir F. T. Fowke, Bart. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. Charities, £16."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church is ancient, at least 600 years old. Traces of the original church building exist.
  
  
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1868.
  
  
• The church seats 250.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1653.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Lowesby was a small village and a parish. It is 10 miles east of Leicester city and 4 miles north of Billesdon. The parish covers 1,424 acres and includes the hamlet of Cold Newton. The Lowesby stream runs through the parish.

The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B6047 arterial south out of Melton Mobray. Turn right (west) at Lowesby village.
  
  

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Manors

• Lowesby Hall was built of brick and stood in a 100-acre park.
  
  
• Lowesby Hall was the residence of Sir Frederick FOUKE, baronet and lord of the manor, in 1849.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7207.
  
  
• 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

• Lowesby was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish, as well.
  
  
• The parish lies in the East Goscote Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish covered 2,350 acres in 1881, but this was reduced to 1,424 acres by 1891.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Some population figures given below may be for the township and not the parish (e.g. 1871).

Year	Inhabitants
1801	147
1811	190
1821	217
1831	231
1841	220
1851	243
1871	109
1881	142
1891	136
1901	235
1911	147
1921	118
1931	135
1951	133
1961	39

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Schools

• The Church of England Schools were opened in July, 1876.
  
  

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