Stoughton
Description in 1871:
"STOUGHTON, a chapelry in Thurnby parish, Leicestershire; 3½ miles ESE of Leicester r. station. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 1,449. Real property, £2,897. Pop., 119. Houses, 27. The manor, with S. Grange, belongs to H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. The living is annexed to Thurnby. The church was rebuilt in 1864. There are church lands £36."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon 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:
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary and All Saints.
- The date of original construction is not reported.
- The church was rebuilt in 1866.
- The church is a Grade II listed heritage building.
- The church seats 162.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1537.
- The Anglican parish register starts with baptisms in 1538, burials in 1538 and marriages in 1537. The registers are available at the Archives.
- The Bishop's Transcripts start in 1564, but have gaps.
- Phillimore has Marriages 1537 - 1837 for this parish.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Gartreee, second portion.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
Stoughton is a village and a parish just east of Leicester and south of Thurnby. The parish covers 1,359 acres.
Leicester airport lies close to the village. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A16 trunk road east out of Leicester city and turn south (right) into Thurnby. Take the county road, Thurnby Lane, out to Stoughton.
- There is a photograph of the parish church and a village website at Leicester Villages.
- This was primarily a sheep-raising area for centuries.
- In 1942 the RAF built an airfield just south-east of the village and christened it "Stoughton Aerodrome." The name was later changed to RAF Leicester East.
- Stoughton Grange was an old mansion and the residence of Harry Leycester POWYS-KECK in 1881.
- The Grange was unoccupied in 1924.
- The national grid reference is SK 6402.
- 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 name Stoughton started out as "Stoctone".
- This place was an ancient lordship and chapelry in Thurnby parish in Leicester county.
- This chapelry was converted to a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- The parish was in the Gartree Hundred (Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
- In April, 1936, the parish was enlarged by 17 acres taken from Evington parish when it was dissolved, but lost 171 acres to Oadby Civil Parish at the same time.
- The Stoughton Parish Council meets in the Village Hall, a small red-brick building on the main road. As with all parish councils, they are not staffed or equiped to help with family history searches.
- The parish is now part of the Harborough District Council.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the chapelry and parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
139 |
| 1881 |
144 |
| 1891 |
118 |
| 1901 |
136 |
| 1911 |
136 |
| 1921 |
108 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Thurnby village.
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[Created: 4-August-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
