Wymeswold (Wimeswould)
- A cemetery of one acre was formed on Rempstone road. It was under the control of the parish council.
- The parish was in the Loughborough sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Barrow upon 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 is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church is believed to date from prior to 1512.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1843.
- The church seats 424.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1560.
- The church is in the rural deanery of East Akeley.
- The Baptist chapel was founded in 1780 and erected in 1847. The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1845.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Loughborough sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Barrow upon Soar Registration District.
Wymeswold is a village, a township and a parish which lie about 13 miles north of Leicester city and 4 miles east of East Leake. The parish covers about 3,370 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle. The parish abuts Nottinghamshire county to the north.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, Wymeswold lies astride the A6006 trunk road west of Melton Mobray, just before Rempstone.
- Be sure to visit the Wymeswold village website.
- The parish had a charter for a market from Edward III, but the market has long since been discontinued.
- The national grid reference is SK 6023
- 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 is in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the mid division of the county.
- On 1 April, 1965, the parish was enlarged by gaining a 270 acre part of Willoughby on the Wolds parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
1,113 |
| 1881 |
936 |
| 1891 |
863 |
| 1901 |
770 |
| 1911 |
777 |
| 1921 |
777 |
| 1931 |
755 |
| 1951 |
765 |
| 1961 |
817 |
| 1971 |
940 |
- In 1733, Joseph THOMPSON left £100 to generate interest which was used to educate 10 boys.
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1846 on Far Street to hold 110 children.
- A Public Elementary School for infants was built here in 1838 on East Street to hold 94 infants.
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[Last updated: 10-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
