Stonton Wyville (or Staunton Wyville)
Description in 1871:
"STONTON-WYVILLE, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; 3½ miles E by N of Kibworth r. station. Post town, Kibworth-Harcourt, under Leicester. Acres, 1,190. Real property, £2,272. Pop., 102. Houses, 21. The manor gives the title of Baron to the Earl of Cardigan. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £230. Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. The church is early English. Bishop de Wyville, who died in 1375, was a native."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," (1870-72)]
- The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of 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 / 2251 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2492 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Denis or Saint Denys (spelling variations abound).
- The church was originally built circa 1300, but an exact date is not provided.
- The church restored some time in the 1700s and again in 1863.
- The east wall of the chancel was rebuilt in 1951.
- The church seats 120.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (first portion).
- The Wesleyan Methodists and the Wesleyan Reformers each had chapels here prior to 1881.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough Registration District.
Stonton Wyville is a parish, a township and a small village in Leicestershire. It is 9.5 miles southeast of Leicester city, 6 miles northeast of Market Harborough and 90 miles north of London. The parish covers 1,217 acres.
The remains of a Roman Road pass just north of the village. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, it is probably easiest to take the A6 trunk road southeast out of Leicester city for about 9 miles, then turn north on the B6047. Turn right at Tur Langton to find Stonton Wyville.
- there is a Village Home Page, but it needs a volunteer to develop it.
- Traces of a Saxon settlement have been unearthed on Knave Hill in the northern portion of the parish.
- This village was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- Most of the land in the parish was given over to pasturage.
- There is mention of a Manor House in 19th century directories, but no description.
- The national grid reference is SP 6893.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- In 1777 Miss Ann TOZER left a bequest of £195. The interest was used as an annual gift to the poor.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
- Note: This parish may have started out in the Uppingham Poorlaw Union and leter transfered to the Market Harborough Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1811 |
122 |
| 1841 |
102 |
| 1871 |
84 |
| 1881 |
88 |
| 1891 |
56 |
| 1901 |
65 |
| 1911 |
42 |
| 1921 |
55 |
| 1931 |
60 |
- The children of this parish attended school in nearby Church Langton village.
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[Last updated: 14-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
