Scalford
Description in 1871:
"SCALFORD, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3½ miles N by E of Melton-Mowbray r. station. It has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 2,520. Real property, £3, 855. Pop, 553. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided. A Roman station was on the site of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £355.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church was restored in 1859. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £25."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-1872]
- The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray 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.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2303 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2545 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Egelwin the Martyr.
- The church was built in the 13th century.
- The church chancel was rebuilt in 1845.
- The church was restored in 1859.
- The church seats 320.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (third portion).
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a large chapel here in 1844 to replace an older one.
- The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1835. A new one was constructed in 1870.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Scalford is a small parish which lies 124 miles north of London and about 4 miles north of Melton Mobray. The parish covers 2,423 acres and includes several natural springs that feed water to Melton Mobray.
If you are planning a visit:
- The webpage author's small scale map (large area) shows no village of Scalford.
- Scalford was a Roman settlement.
- In the 1800s and early 1900s, the land was used for grazing and small farms.
- The village holds an annual feast on the first Sunday after Michaelmas day.
- The national grid reference is SK7624.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The village takes its name from the fact that it was a ford over the River Scald.
- The parish was in the Framland Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- This parish was an "ancient parish" of Leicestershire.
- In "ancient times" this parish held a market and annual fair.
- Prior to 1936, the parish covered about 2,551 acres.
- In April, 1936, the parish of Scalford was enlarged by 781 acres with the abolition of Wycomb and Chadwell Civil Parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became a part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
- In 1835 Mr. John MORRIS bequeathed £100 for the poor of this parish.
- In 1886 Mrs. Ann WEBSTER left £200; the interest to provide coal for the poor of this parish at Christmas.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
517 |
| 1871 |
544 |
| 1881 |
684 |
| 1891 |
646 |
| 1901 |
631 |
| 1911 |
688 |
| 1921 |
581 |
| 1931 |
595 |
| 1951 |
634 |
| 1961 |
546 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1861 and was enlarged in 1873 and again in 1902.
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[Last updated: 19-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
