Waltham on the Wolds (Alternately: Walton on the Wolds)
Description in 1871:
"WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS, a village and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The village stands 3¾ miles N by W of Saxby r. station, and 5 NE of Melton-Mowbray; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray, and a cattle and horse fair on 18 and 19 Sept. The parish comprises 2,870 acres. Real property, £3,943. Pop, 672. Houses, 136. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. Lime is calcined. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £520. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is cruciform, with central tower and spire; is chiefly decorated English; and has been restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £30."
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 / 2304 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2546 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene.
- The church construction date is unknown. It appears to be early Norman.
- The church has a central tower surmounted by a lofty spire.
- The church was repewed and restored in 1838.
- The church was restored again in 1877.
- The church seats 450.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1564 and is in good condition.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1843.
- 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.
Waltham on the Wolds is a parish and a town in the northeast of the county in the Wold Hills. The parish is about 118 miles north of London, 5 miles northeast of Melton Mobray and 11 miles southwest of Grantham in Lincolnshire. The parish covers about 4,100 acres. Lincolnshire forms the eastern border, Saltby parish lies to the north and Stonesby parish to the east.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, from the A607 trunk road, turn east to arrive at Waltham on the Wolds.
- The parish had an Agricultural Association hall in the Grecian style, built in 1838, sponsored by the Duke of Rutland.
- Lime was burned here to produce fertilizer.
- The national grid reference is SK 7923.
- 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 parish was in the Framland Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- This parish was an "ancient parish" of Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- In April, 1936, the parish of Waltham on the Wolds was abolished and renamed as Waltham Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
768 |
| 1861 |
672 |
| 1871 |
623 |
| 1881 |
595 |
| 1891 |
547 |
| 1901 |
538 |
| 1911 |
543 |
| 1921 |
484 |
| 1931 |
510 |
- In 1771 Mr. George Noble gave 5 acres of land in Wymondham. This provided £5 a year for the instruction of poor children of the parish.
- The Public Elementary School (National School) was built in 1845 for 130 children.
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Last updated: 18-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills
