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Lubenham

Description in 1887:
"Lubenham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Leicestershire, on river Welland and Grand Union Canal, 3½ m. W. of Market Harborough, 2400 ac., pop. 590; P.O., called Lubbenham; has mfrs. of carriage and livery lace ; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Lubenham Hall."
John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles", 1887

Census

• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough 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 date of construction is given only as "12th century."
  
  
• The church was repewed in 1812.
  
  
• The church was improved in 1898.
  
  
• The church's east wall was restored in 1900.
  
  
• The church seats 268.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1559 and is in very good condition.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (first portion).
  
  
• The Congregationalists built a chapel here in 1838.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Lubenham is a parish and a township, separated from Northamptonshire by the River Welland. It is 86 miles north of London, just 2 miles southwest of Market Harborough. The parish covers 2,740 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The Grand Union Canal runs just north-east of the village.
  
  
• By automobile, take the A4304 trunk road west for about 2 miles out of Market Harborough.
  
  
• The old railway track to Market Harborough is being converted to a bicycle path. The railway station here closed in June, 1966.
  
  
• There are several photographs of Lubenham at Geograph for your enjoyment.
  
  
• Check for local activities at the Leicestershire Villages website.
  
  

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Manors

• Papillon Hall was built by David PAPILLON, a French Huguenot, in the year 1622. It was rebuilt in 1903-04. It was an octagonal building standing on a hill about a mile from the village. It was destroyed in 1951.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 7087.
  
  
• 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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Occupations

• Many people in the parish were employed in the carriage and railway lace factory in the village.
  
  
• Most of the parish was grazing land.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• The parish was enlarged by about 112 acres in April, 1924, when part of Great Bowden parish was reconfigured.
  
  
• In April, 1935, the parish boundaries were changed with no net change in acres.
  
  
• In April, 1965, the parish boundaries were changed again with a net loss of 2 acres.
  
  
• You can contact the local Parish Council regarding political or social issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history research.
  
  
• The parish is part of the Harborough District Council. The same restrictions apply.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Each year a a dole from Shipley's, Smith's and Neale's charities was paid out to the poor on Saint Thomas's day.
  
  
• Hartshorn's Charity distributed bread to the poor and provided three bibles each year.
  
  
• In the early 1900s the parish provided 95 common garden portions of about 200 yards each to any inhabitant on payment of ten shillings initiation fee and one shilling per year.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	504
1811	477
1821	531
1831	542
1841	578
1851	601
1871	663
1881	590
1891	680
1901	618
1971	1,405

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Schools

• The National School was founded in 1815 by the Rev. Henry BULLIVANT.
  
  
• The National School was located in the north aisle of the Anglican church from 1815 to 1859.
  
  
• The Public Elementary School was built in 1858 for 205 children. Average attendance in 1912 was 89.
  
  

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