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Saxelby (Saxelbye)

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]

Census

• 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.
  
  
• 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 Saint Peter.
  
  
• The original date of sconstruction has not been recorded.
  
  
• The church seats 110.
  
  

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Church Records

• 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.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• 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.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Saxelby is a small village and a parish in the Wold hills 4 miles northwest 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.
  
  
• There is a railline just southwest of the village but passenger service is not noted. Grimston station stood in this parish.
  
  

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History

• Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
  
  
• Stilton cheese was made here.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6921.
  
  
• 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 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.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	112
1861	120
1871	91
1881	84
1891	98
1901	94
1911	109
1921	71
1931	75

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Schools

• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here by 1849.
  
  
• Many children from this parish attended school in Grimston.
  
  

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