Woodhouse
Description in 1871:
"WOODHOUSE, a township and a chapelry in Barrow-upon-Soar parish Leicester. The township lies 3¾ miles S of Loughborough r. s ion, and contains a village of its own name. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 2,770. Real property, £5,402. Pop., 1,205. Houses, 283. The manor belongs to W. P. Herrick, Esq. The chapelry is less extensive than the township. Pop., 1,163. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £140. Patron, the Vicar of Barrow-upon-Soar. The church was built in 1338, and restored in 1858. There are an endowed school with £239 a year, and charities £10."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72]
Note: There is a Woodhouse in Northumberland and Shropshire, as well. Make sure that you are researching the correct place!
- Woodhouse was in the the Quorndon 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.
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated as St. Mary in the Elms.
- The church was originally built in 1338.
- The church was partially restored in 1858.
- A portion of the township of Woodhouse, including Beaumanor, was created as an ecclesiastical parish in August, 1868.
- The church had a good western tower with a small spire and 6 bells (hung in 1875).
- The church was completely restored in 1878.
- The church seats 180.
- The Anglican church in Woodhouse Eaves was dedicated to St. Paul.
- St. Paul's Church was built in 1837.
- St. Paul's Church was completely restored in 1880.
- The church seats 300.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1624.
- The parish register for St. Paul's dates from 1844.
- Both churches were in the East Akeley deanery.
- The General Baptist chapel in Woodhouse Eaves was founded in 1797.
- The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists both had chapels at Woodhouse Eaves.
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Woodhouse was in the the Quorndon subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
Woodhouse is a village, a township and a parish in eastern Leicestershire near the Charnwood Forest. The parish is 3.5 miles south of Loughborough and 9 miles northwest of Leicester city. The parish covers 3,337 acres, but was larger before 1936.
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the township of Woodhouse.
If you are planning a visit:
- You may enjoy an afternoon of golf at the nearby Charnwood Forest Golf Club.
- Camping and a caravan park can be found on the north side of the village.
- By automobile, take the A6 trunk road north out of Leicester and turn west (left) at Quorndon onto the B591. Follow that for about a mile into Woodhouse.
- Garats-hay stood on a small hill overlooking the area. In 1912, it was the home of Mrs. William Arthur KING.
- The national grid reference is SK 5415.
- 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 became a Civil Parish some time after 1866.
- On 1 April, 1935, this parish was reduced in size by 339 acres to enlarge Loughborough and Quorndon parishes.
- On that same date, the parish was enlarged by 7 acres by the abolishment of Woodthorpe parish.
- One year later, this parish was reduced by 873 acres to enlarge Charley parish.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the Mid division of the county.
- A small amount of Thomas RAWLINS' charity was used to apprentice young boys from this parish and nearby Quorn.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Woodhouse became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Loughborough petty sessional hearings.
- The parish had four almshouses built in 1857 for disabled and infirm tradespeople of the parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
1,332 |
| 1881 |
1,288 |
| 1891 |
1,370 |
| 1901 |
1,342 |
| 1911 |
1,458 |
| 1921 |
1,603 |
| 1931 |
1,435 |
| 1951 |
2,049 |
| 1951 |
2,493 |
- A Free School was founded here in 1691 by Thomas RAWLINS. This school was later removed to Quorn.
- In 1912 the children of this parish attended school in Woodhouse Eaves.
- A Public Elementary School was built in Woodhouse Eaves in 1843 and enlarged four times.
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[Created: 26-July-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
