Wycomb (or Wycomb and Chadwell)
Description in 1871:
"CHADWELL, or Caldwell, a chapelry in Rothley parish, Leicester; near the Salt way, 5 miles NNW of Saxby r. station, and 5 NE of Melton-Mowbray. Post Town, Scalford, under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,730. Pop., 139. Houses, 27. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Rothley, in the diocese of Peter. borough. The church is good, and has a tower."
"John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-1872"
- The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray 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.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Waltham sub-district of the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 593 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2303 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2545 |
- The Anglican parish chapel was dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The Anglican parish church was a Chapel of Ease to the old parish of Rothley.
- The chapel was restored in 1863.
- The chapel seats only 100 persons.
- There is an undenominational Mission at Wycomb, built in 1896.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1633.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Framland or Goscote (second portion).
- The National Burial Index records 164 burials at St. Mary's from 1813 through 1891.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Clawson sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Wycomb and Chadwell are two small hamlets that together form a township and were a small parish which lies about 125 miles north of London and about 5 miles north-north-east of Melton Mobray. Scalford parish is to the west and Goadby Marwood parish to the north. In 1881 the parish covered 1,730 acres but was reduced by 1891 to 781 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- The webpage author's small scale map (large area) shows no village of Wycomb or Caldwell.
- The village of Chadwell was mostly demolished by Oliver Cromwell.
- In the 1800s and early 1900s, the land was largely used for grazing and small farms.
- The national grid reference is SK7724.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- You will find Wycomb often spelled "Wycombe" or "Wykham". Chadwell started out as Cauldwell (pronounced "cold well") and has morphed through "Caldwell" and again into "Chadwell".
- Variations in spelling aside, the "preferred" name of the parish is "Wycomb and Chadwell".
- The parish was in the West Goscote Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- This parish was an "ancient parochial area" of Leicestershire until late 1866.
- The parochial area was converted to a modern Civil Parish in late 1866.
- In April, 1936, the parish of Wycomb and Chadwell was abolished and all 781 acres amalgamated with Scalford Civil Parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became a part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
- Mrs. HACKETT left the interest on £20 for the poor of this parish, distributed as bread on St. Thomas' Day.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
118 |
| 1871 |
97 |
| 1881 |
107 |
| 1891 |
89 |
| 1901 |
93 |
| 1911 |
103 |
| 1921 |
94 |
| 1931 |
106 |
- The children of this parish attended schools in Goadby Marwood and Scalford.
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[Created: 22-April-2010 - Louis R. Mills]
