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Peckleton

Description in 1871:
"PECKLETON, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The village stands 2¾ miles S W of Desford r. station, and 4¼ S E of Market-Bosworth. The parish contains also the hamlet of Tooley-Park; and its post town is Hinckley. Acres, with Knoll and Bassett-House extra-parochial tract, 2,020. Real property, £4, 374. Pop. of P. alone, 378. Houses, 75. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Lovelace. P. Hall is the seat of T. Jee, Esq.; and P. House, of Mrs. Mayne. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £474.* Patron, the Rev. T. E. Chataway. The church is old but good, and has a tower and spire. Charities, £5."
1870-72, John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales"

Census

• 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:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalen.
  
  
• The church appears to date from the 15th century.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1869.
  
  
• The church is located just south of the village centre.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1568.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Peckleton is a village and a parish which lie about 8 miles west of Leicester and 6 miles northeast of Hinckley. The parish covers about 2,180 acres and includes the village of Kirkby Mallory and the hamlet of Tooley Park.

If you are planning a visit:

• Most of the village lies along the main road, but the name of the road changes several times along the space of two miles.
  
  
• Glebe fisheries is an angling centre completed in 1996.
  
  
• By automobile, Peckleton lies in the "V" between the A47 and the A447 main roads.
  
  

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History

• The village is known for the Peckleton Hounds, bred at the top of the hill.
  
  

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Manors

• Peckleton Hall was the seat of Thomas Wightman JEE in 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 4600.
  
  
• 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

• The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
  
  
• The Parish Council may be able to help you with some questions.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	290
1851	399
1861	378
1901	266
1911	239
1971	947
2001	1,077

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Schools

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1876 to hold 49 children..
  
  

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