Sysonby (Sextonby or Sysonby with Eye Kettleby)
Description in 1871:
"SYSONBY, a chapelry in Melton-Mowbray parish, Leicester; 1 mile W of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 980. Real property, £1,920. Pop., 67. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to Earl Dysart. The living is annexed to Melton-Mowbray. The church is good."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-1872]
- The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the new Melton and Belvoir 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 / 2301 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2544 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary (that dedication is uncertain).
- The church is a small building with a single bell, reportedly originally built in 1344.
- The church was reported to be in bad condition in 1881 and was restored in 1892.
- The churchyard was enlarged by 1/2 acre in 1898.
- The Anglican parish register was kept in Melton Mowbray.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (third portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the new Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Sysonby is a parish and a hamlet on the north side of the Wreak and Eye navigation canal. The parish is about 121 miles north of London and 1 mile west of Melton Mobray. The parish covered 1,240 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A5006 arterial road west about 1 mile out of Melton Mowbray.
- The parish was mostly pasture, and most of the residents were graziers.
- The national grid reference is SK 7420.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- In 1912, the Army had seized the Melbourne Lodge stud farm for thoroughbred horses and was using it as an Army Remount Depot. Major E. G. TOMBLINGS was in charge. Major TOMBLINGS retired in 1916. It was still in use for this purpose in 1925, when Major Samuel G. SANDERS was in charge.
- This place was a township and a chapelry of Leicestershire in Melton Mowbray for centuries. It becames a modern Civil Parish in late 1866 and was abolished as such in 1930.
- The parish was in the Framland Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- This parish boundaries were adjusted slightly around 1886 to take the parish from 980 acres to 1,240 acres.
- On 8 November, 1894, the hamlet of Eye Kettleby was transferred to Sysonby Civil Parish.
- On 1 October, 1930, the parish of Sysonby was abolished and the land of 1,240 acres amalgamated with that of Melton Mowbray Civil Parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this placem when it was established as a Civil Parish in 1866, became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
68 |
| 1861 |
67 |
| 1871 |
73 |
| 1881 |
96 |
| 1891 |
147 |
| 1901 |
157 |
| 1911 |
214 |
| 1921 |
191 |
- The children of this parish attended school in Melton Mowbray.
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[Last updated: 19-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
