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Osgathorpe

Description in 1871:
"OSGATHORPE, a village and a parish in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester. The village stands on an affluent of the river Soar, 2 miles N N E of Swannington r. station, and 5 E N E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; and is a pleasant place. The parish comprises 1,220 acres. Post-town, Loughborough. Real property, £1, 982. Pop., 351. Houses, 82. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. B. Story, Esq. Bricks are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £240.* Patron, the Marquis of Hastings. The church is of the 13th century; was restored, with addition of apsidal E end, in 1861; has a tower and spire; and contains a restored ancient octagonal font. There are a free grammar-school for 40 day pupils, endowed residences for 7 clergymen's widows, with £317 a year, and other charities £9."
[1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]

Census

• 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 parish was in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch district.
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church for Osgathorpe is dedicated to Saint Mary.
  
  
• The first Norman church was built here in the 13th century.
  
  
• This current church building was built in 1860.
  
  
• The church seats 150.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1680.
  
  
• The churchs were in the West Akeley rural deanery.
  
  
• The Weslyean Methodists had a chapels here prior to 1912.
  
  
• The General Baptists all had a chapel built here in 1879.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Osgathorpe was in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch district.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Osgathorpe is a village and a parish 122 miles north of London, just 3 miles north of Swannington and 5 miles east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish covers 922 acres.

The village is in a fertile valley on a stream that feeds into the Soar River. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, pick up the A512 just east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Head toward Loughborough. After you cross the A447, Osgathorpe is just off to the left.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 4319
  
  
• 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

• The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the mid division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1935, many parish boundaries were "adjusted". Thringstone parish was abolished and its 482 acres were added to Osgathorpe parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Osgathorpe became part of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• Thomas HARLEY founded the Grammar School here in 1670, but his school closed in 1901.
  
  
• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here in 1836 to hold 50 students.
  
  

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[Created: 14-July-2009 - Louis R. Mills]