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Description in 1871:
"SAXELBY, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 2¼ miles N N W of Kirby r. station, and 4 W N W of Melton-Mowbray. Post-town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,290. Real property, £1,244. Pop., 120. Houses, 24. The manor belongs to the Earl of Aylesford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £227. Patron, the Earl of Aylesford. The church is old but good, and has a tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £16."
[John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72"].
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Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Light and shade in Saxelby churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
Alan MURRAY-RUST has four photographs of gravestones in the churchyard:
- Richard BIRD died 1726
- Jasper SIMPSON died 1732
- Elizabeth SIMPSON, daughter of Jasper and Alice SIMPSON, died 1696
- Tom STRINGER, son of Charles and Elizabeth STRINGER, died 1717
- The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
- In 1935, the parish was transferred to the Melton and Belvoir 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. |
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1861 | R.G. 9 / 2301 |
1871 | R.G. 10 / 3295 |
1891 | R.G. 12 / 2544 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The original date of sconstruction has not been recorded.
- The church seats 110.
- Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2003.
- Kate JEWELL has a photograph of St. Peter's Church porch and tower on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1537.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion) {also given as Framland (third portion)].
- The residents of Shoby, an extra-parochial liberty just west of Saxelby used this church for marriages. baptisms and burials.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Saxelby is a small village and a parish in the Wold hills 4 miles north-west of Melton Mowbray, 9 miles northeast of Leicester city and 109 miles north of London. The parish was bordered by Asfordby parish to the south. The parish covered 1,052 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A6006 arterial road west out of Melton Mobray. Turn right at Asfordby to find Saxelby.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
- Alex MacGREGOR also has a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
- There is a rail line just south-west of the village but passenger service is not noted. Grimston station stood in this parish.
- If you are travelling by horse, Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Warning Sign for Riders on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
- Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011. When it is open, stop by and ask for a list of forth-coming events.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Saxelby to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK700211 (Lat/Lon: 52.783039, -0.963707), Saxelby which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- This place was an ancient parish of the county and became a Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,052 acres were amalgamated with Grimston Civil Parish.
- District governance is provided by the Melton Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Melton Mowbray petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
- A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here by 1849.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Old School on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
- Many children from this parish attended school in Grimston.