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Thorpe Satchville

Description in 1871:
"THORPE-SATCHVILLE, a chapelry in Twyford parish, Leicester; 5 miles S by W of Melton-Mowbray r. station. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 4,278. Real property, £2,116. Pop., 171. Houses, 38. The property is much subdivided. The living is annexed to Hungerton."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Census

• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray 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.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
  
  
• The church seats 100.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1508.
  
  
• The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1845.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
  
  
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Thorpe Satchville is a chapelry, a township and a parish which lie about 15 miles northeast of Leicester city and 5 miles south of Melton Mobray. The parish covers 1,330 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A606 motor road northwest out of Melton Mobray, heading for Nottingham.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7311.
  
  
• 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 place was a Chapelry for centuries.
  
  
• In December, 1866, this place was encorporated as a Civil Parish in Leicestershire.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1936, the parish of Thorpe Satchville was abolished to create Twyford and Thorpe Civil Parishes with 1,330 acres.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	153
1871	218
1881	169
1891	176
1901	217
1911	256
1921	195
1931	186

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Schools

• The children of this parish attended school in Twyford.
  
  

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