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Stanton under Bardon

Description in 1871:
"STANTON-UNDER-BARDON, a township-chapelry in Thornton parish, Leicester; near Bardon Hill r. station, 1½ mile NW of Thornton village. Post town, Thornton, under Leicester. Acres, 1,400. Real property, £1,952. Pop., 312. Houses, 64. The manor belongs to Earl Grey. The living is annexed to Thornton. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Ibstock 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

• For centuries there was no Anglican church here and residents had to go to the parish church at Thornton.
  
  
• The present Anglican parish church was built of local granite in 1908.
  
  
• For church is dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1560.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Akeley (southern division).
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here before 1849.
  
  
• The Congregational chapel was built in 1833 and could seat 100.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Stanton under Bardon is a village, a chapelry and a parish which lie about 115 miles north of London, 9 miles north-west of Leicester city, 8 miles south-west of Loughborough and 2 miles east of Ibstock. The parish covered about 1,447 acres.

Most of the houses in the village are constructed of red brick. If you are planning a visit:

• There is a thatched pub in the village.
  
  
• Visit Bardon Quarry to check out the local wildlife and the billabarra reserve.
  
  
• By automobile, take the M1 north out of Leicester city to the #22 intersection with the A50 trunk road. Turn left onto the A50, then left again at the next exit which should take you directly into Stanton under Bardon.
  
  

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History

• Granite was quarried here in the 1800s.
  
  
• In the 1800s, most male residents of the parish either worked the small farms or were employed in the quarry.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 4610.
  
  
• 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 ancient Chapelry was incorporated as a Civil Parish in December, 1866, and separated from Thornton Civil Parish.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1935, this Civil Parish was abolished and all 1,447 acres were amalgamated with Markfield Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	315
1871	275
1881	259
1891	352
1901	525
1911	657
1921	710
1931	690

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Schools

• A National School (later a Public Elementary School) was built here in 1865 for 110 children.
  
  
• A Council School was built here in 1909 for 150 children. The school above was then used as an infants school.
  
  
• The Council School has a web site but I could find no history there.
  
  

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