Whatborough
Description in 1871:
"WHATBOROUGH, a hamlet in Tilton parish, Leicester; 8½ miles SSE of Melton-Mowbray. Real property, £821. Pop., 13. Houses, 3."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72"
- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon 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.
- There is no report of an Anglican parish church at Whatborough.
- Parishioners likely used Saint Peter's Church in Tilton.
- The church was in the rural Goscote deanery (first portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837, but Whatborough did not exist as a Civil Parish until late 1866.
- The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
Whatborough is a hamlet and an ancient township sitting 10 miles east of Leicester, 10 miles south of Melton Mowbray, 10 miles north-west of Uppingham and 10 miles west-south-west of Oakham. The township covered only 477 acres.
The hamlet has always been a rather small affair. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A46 trunk road east out of Leicester city and turn left (north) onto the B6047 arterial. This will take you to Tilton.
- On the web-page author's small scale map (large area) the village of Whatborough is not noted.
- Whatborough was a Roman settlement, name unknown.
- Most of the township land was used for grazing.
- Although a manor existed here at one time, the author could find no reference to a "manor house".
- The national grid reference is SK 7405.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was, for centuries, a township in the parish of Tilton-on-the-Hill. In late 1866 it was made a Civil Parish of its own standing.
- The parish lies in the East Goscote Wapentake (or Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the East Norton petty sessional hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
11 |
| 1871 |
11 |
| 1881 |
19 |
| 1891 |
19 |
| 1901 |
12 |
| 1911 |
13 |
| 1921 |
11 |
| 1931 |
19 |
- A Public Elementary School existed here in 1912, built to hold 60 children.
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[Created: 26-February-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
