Wanlip
Description in 1871:
"WANLIP-originally Onelip-a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; on the river Soar, 1½ mile W of Syston r. station. Post town, Leicester. Acres, 952. Real property, £2,157. Pop., 117. Houses, 25. The manor belongs to Sir G. J. Palmer, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £336. Patron, Sir G. J. Palmer, Bart. The church is good; and there is a national school."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
- Wanlip was in the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar 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 and Volume 13 covers the Barrow on Soar District of which Wanlip was a part.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas.
- The church was built at the close of the 14th century.
- The church was restored and the porches added in 1903-04.
- The new church seats 100
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- The Anglican parish church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion).
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Wanlip was in the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
- The Registrar's Office in Barrow-upon-Soar closed in 1945. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can now be obtained from the Superintendent Registrar at Leicestershire Central or Loughborough
Wanlip is a village, a township and an ancient parish in Leicestershire. The parish is now a part of the conurbation of Leicester city. The parish is only 4.5 miles from Leicester city centre, 2 miles north of Birstall parish. The parish covers 975 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By Automobile, the A46 trunk road passes throught the village just north of Leicester city.
- The Wanlip brook flows through the parish to eventually join the River Soar.
- Wanlip Hall was the seat of Lady Augusta PALMER in 1911.
- The national grid reference is SK 6010.
- 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 ancient West Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
- In 1710, Walter SPENCER of Wanlip left 5 Shillings to be given yearly in bread to the poor of the parish at Christmas and Easter.
- The Rev. William SPENCER, rector of Thurnscoe in county York, in 1714 left £5 to be paid yearly to the poor of the parish forever.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Wanlip became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
123 |
| 1881 |
108 |
| 1891 |
91 |
| 1901 |
110 |
| 1911 |
96 |
| 1921 |
104 |
| 1931 |
103 |
| 1951 |
88 |
| 1961 |
113 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1839 for 25 children.
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[Created: 20-July-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
