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Peatling Parva (or Little Peatling)

Description in 1871:
"PEATLING-PARVA, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 3 ¾ miles E S E of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4½ N E of Lutterworth. It has a post-office under Lutterworth. Acres, 870. Real property, £2,073. Pop., 168. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to T. F. Cook, Esq. P. Hall is the seat of J. S. Clark, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £158. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a neat edifice, with an embattled tower. Charities, £30."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)"

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 was dedicated to Saint Andrew.
  
  
• The church was built in the 14th century.
  
  
• The porch and tower were added in the 15th century.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1876.
  
  
• The tower and spire were repaired in 1896.
  
  
• The church seats 200.
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1710.
  
  
• The church was in the rural Guthlaxton deanery (third portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Peatling Parva is a parish and a village 10 miles south of Leicester city. The parish covers 964 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly farmland for centuries. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A426 north out of Lutterworth.
  
  

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History

• The village is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Alia Petlinge.
  
  
• A working men's institute was erected here in 1908.
  
  
• The Village Hall was built in 1989.
  
  

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Manors

• Little Peatling Hall is a large brick mansion which was occupied by Captain Harry Torriano PRITCHARD in 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 5991.
  
  
• 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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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish lies in the Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• For today's governance, the citizens have elected to have a Parish Meeting as needed instead of having a formal Parish Council.
  
  

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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	117
1841	159
1871	161
1881	147
1911	120

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Schools

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1872 as a National School for 45 children. Average attendance was less than half that.
  
  

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