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Nailstone

Description in 1887:
"Nailstone, par., township, and vil., Leicestershire, 3 miles NE. of Market Bosworth - par., 3806 ac., pop. 487; township, pop. 389; P.O."
[John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles," 1887]

Census

• The parish was in the Ibstock 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.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church for Nailstone is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church is considered "very old".
  
  
• The church was restored in 1853.
  
  
• The church tower and spire were renovated in 1898.
  
  

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Church Records

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

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Ibstock sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration DIstrict.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Nailstone is a village, a township and a parish about 118 miles north of London, 12 miles west of Leicester city, just 3 miles north of Market Bosworth. The parish covers just over 1,950 acres. A branch of the River Sence runs along the south side of the parish. The townships of Normanton-le-Heath and Barton in the Beans are in this parish.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A447 south through Ibstock. That road passes through the heart of Nailstone.
  
  

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History

• Coal was discovered in this parish in 1863.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 4107.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in the county as well as a Civil Parish.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• On 18 August, 1882, the parish was reduced in size to enlarge Shackerstone Civil Parish.
  
  
• On 25 March, 1886, the parish was reduced to enlarge Barton in the Beans Civil Parish and Township.
  
  
• On 25 March, 1886, the parish was reduced to enlarge Congerstone Civil Parish.
  
  
• As a result of the three actions above, the parish went from 2,486 acres to 1,954 acres.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Nailstone became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

For the most part, these figures are for the township of Nailstone, not the parish as a whole.

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1828 for 111 children.
  
  

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[Last updated: 18-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]