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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Misterton with Walcote

Note: There is a Misterton parish in Nottinghamshire. Make sure that you are researching in the right place!

Census

• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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 Saint Leonard.
  
  
• The church dates back to before 1567.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1863.
  
  
• The church seats 286.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Misterton is a village and a civil parish adjoining Lutterworth. The parish covers over 3,880 acres and includes the hamlet of Poultney and the village of Walcote. Walcote village is larger than Misterton village in most census records. The parish is 9 miles north of Rugby.

The village and parish are currently part of the conurbation known as Leicester city. The parish sits to the southest of the city centre on the Leicester to Market Harborough road. If you are planning a visit:

• See what photographs you can find at Leicestershire villages.
  
  
• The small river Swift passes through the parish. There is a photograph of the River Swift valley.
  
  
• And there's more at Web Photos.
  
  
• A short circular walk linking Walcote and Misterton can be made by following Brook Street and taking the footpath left which joins a track which passes the Misterton Hall and St. Leonards Church. On reaching the main road, turning left onto a cyclepath by the woods of Misterton Park brings you back to Walcote.
  
  
• By automobile, take the M1 motorway by Lutterworth and turn off at the A427 trunk road at juntion 20, heading east. Misterton will be the first village on the road, followed by Walcote.
  
  

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Manors

• Misterton Hall was the property and residence of Capt. Geoffrey STEWART in 1912. It stands in a small park, with a lake.
  
  
• Walcote House was the seat of Capt. Corbett SMITH in 1912.
  
  
• Walcote Lodge was the seat of Richard Arnold WATSON in 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 5583.
  
  
• 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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Names, Geographical

• The name is often recorded as "Minsterton".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• Technically, the parish is "Misterton with Walcote".
  
  
• You can contact the local Parish Council at Leicestershire Parish councils.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	341
1811	429
1821	539
1831	587
1841	589
1851	589
1901	441
1911	435
1971	391
2001	412

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Schools

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1857 for 100 children.
  
  

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