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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

Nearby places

Twycross

Description in 1871:
"TWYCROSS, a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester; 5¼ miles NNE of Atherstone r. station. It has a post-office under Atherstone. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £3,002. Pop., 336. Houses, 69. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. The living is a donative in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £130. Patron, Earl Howe. The church is old but good. There is a national school."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72

Census

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth 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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
  
  
• The church dates from the 14th century.
  
  
• The church seats 200.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1583.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel.

Twycross is a village and a parish which lie on the road from Atherstone to Ashby, 108 miles north of London, about 8 miles south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 5 miles west of Market Bosworth. The parish covers about 1,580 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A444 trunk road north out of Nuneaton.
  
  

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Manors

• Twycross House was the residence of Vicount Frederick CURZON in 1912.
  
  
• Cliff House was the seat of William E. OAKELEY in 1881. It was built in the Swiss style, surrounded by lawn and having a good view of the countryside.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 3304.
  
  
• 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

• The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1935, a number of parishes had their boundaries "adjusted". Gopsall parish was abolished and merged with Twycross parish. Also, Norton parish was abolished and merged with Twycross, as was Orton on the Hill. All this added about 4,000 acres to the area administered by Twycross parish authorities.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1871	340
1881	354
1891	350
1901	317
1911	248
1921	276
1931	269
1951	642
1961	745

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Schools

• The Public Elementary School (National School) was endowed in 1765 by Charles JENNENS and built in 1822 to hold 80 children.
  
  

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