Slawston
Description in 1871:
"SLAWSTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester; 2½ miles NW of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 5½ NE of Market-Harborough. Post town, Market-Harborough. Acres, 1,510. Real property, £3,241. Pop., 246. Houses, 59. The manor belongs to the Earl of Cardigan. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £174. Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. The church is of the 13th century, and has a tower and spire. There is an Independent chapel."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72
- The parish was in the Market Harborough 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. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2309 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2550 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was restored in 1864.
- The church seats 168.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1559.
- A Congregational chapel was built here in 1776 and rebuilt in 1850.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Market Harborough Registration District.
Slawston is a village and a parish overlooking the Welland vale, about 15 miles south of Leicester and 6 miles northeast of Market Harborough. The parish covers about 1,500 acres and includes Othorpe hamlet.
If you are planning a visit:
- The author could find no mention of a manor house in Slawston.
- The national grid reference is SP 7894.
- 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 parish was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
- In June of 1895, in a Poor Law Union reorganization, Slawston was reassigned from Uppingham Poorlaw Union to Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
- In 1760, Rev. Thomas HOPE left the interest on £100 to be given annually as coal to the poor of the parish.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Uppingham Poorlaw Union.
- In 1895. after a district re-organization, this parish became part of the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
266 |
| 1871 |
202 |
| 1881 |
184 |
| 1901 |
145 |
| 1971 |
90 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Cranoe (Cranehoe).
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[Created: 29-July-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
