Newbold Verdon (Newbold de Verdun)
Description in 1871:
"NEWBOLD-VERDON, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The village stands 3 miles E of Market-Bosworth, and 3 W of Desford r.station; and has a post-office under Leicester. The parish contains also the hamlet of Brascote. Acres, 2,400. Real property, £4,416. Pop., 708. Houses, 174. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Verduns, and belongs now to Sir W.Hartopp, Bart. Newbold Hall is an old mansion, retaining some traces of its former grandeur; and was the residence of Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, and of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Coal was recently discovered. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £600. Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church is a neat building, with a tower; and was repaired and improved in 1844, at a cost of £700. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school, with £20 a year, and charities £20."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth 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:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2264 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2506 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St James.
- The church construction date remains unknown.
- The church was repaired and enlarged in 1832.
- The church was repaired again in 1844.
- The church, except for the tower, was rebuilt in 1889.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1542.
- A General Baptists chapel was built here before 1871.
- A Primitive Methodist chapel was built here before 1881.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
Newbold Verdon is a village and a parish which lie about 115 miles north of London, 10 miles west of Leicester and 3 miles east of Market Bosworth. The parish covers about 2,400 acres (but was once much smaller) and includes part of the hamlet of Brascote.
If you are planning a visit:
- See a view of a village lane at Leicester VIllages.
- By automobile, take the B5830 west out of Leicester city to Desford and continue on the B582 to Newbold Verdon.
- Coal was discovered near the village before 1881.
- The ancient Manor House was the former residence of Lord CREWE.
- The Manor House was the residence of Lady Mary Wortley MONTAGU in 1881.
- The national grid reference is SK 4403.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- "Newbold Verdon" is a corruption of the original name "Newbold de Verdun".
- The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- In August, 1882, the parish was reduced in size to enlarge Barlestone Civil Parish.
- In March, 1886, the parish was enlarged by gaining part of Bagworth Civil Parish.
- In April, 1935, the parish was reduced to enlarge Barlestone Civil Parish, again.
- In April, 1935, the parish was enlarged when Kirkby Mallory Civil Parish was abolished.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
716 |
| 1881 |
729 |
| 1891 |
784 |
| 1901 |
851 |
| 1911 |
1,064 |
| 1921 |
1,280 |
| 1931 |
1,251 |
| 1951 |
1,217 |
| 1961 |
2,253 |
- When Nathaniel Lord CREWE, then Bishop of Durham, died in 1720 he left enough money to buy a building for a Free School.
- A new schoolhouse was built in 1876 and enlarged in 1884 to hold 132 children.
- A Council School was built here in 1910 for 140 children.
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[Last updated: 17-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
