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Wymondham

Description in 1849:
"Wymondham is a large village and parish in the Hundred of Framland and Union of Melton, 7 miles north of Oakham and 7 east of Melton Mobray, containing upwards of 800 inhabitants and 2,852 acres of land, partly red loam and partly clay. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough, of the annual value of £560, and in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. Richard Cragg, B.A., is the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St. Peter; it is a handsome cross-shaped building, having a nave, chancel, ailes, transepts, and a square embattled tower surmounted by a lofty spire, with a clock and 6 bells. The interior of the church has been recently cleaned and restored, and a small organ, purchased by subscription, erected at the west end. An Independent chapel, with a school attached, was erected in 1840, and a Wesleyan chapel in 1841. Here is a Free grammar school, founded in 1637 by Sir John Sedley, who bequeathed £400 to be laid out in lands for the support of the master. The Syston and Peterborough railway passes through the parish. This is a place of great antiquity, and remains of its ancient walls are still to be seen. A steam mill was erected in 1847, and is now worked for grinding corn. The Earl of Harborough is lord of the manor."
["Post Office Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland," 1849]

Note: There is a Wymondham in Norfolk, also. Make sure that you are researching the correct one.

Census

• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mobray 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 table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1864.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Leicestershire Archives holds records of baptisms from 1538.
  
  
• The Independents had a chapel here prior to 1869.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mobray Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Wymondham is large village and parish about 100 miles north of London and 1 mile Northeast of the Whissendine railway station. The parish covers about 2,850 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village lies between the A52 and the A607 trunk roads west of Grantham.
  
  
• The Melton Online site includes a brief description of Wymondham.
  
  
• Check out the village website.
  
  

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History

• You can find a history of Wymondham at: Wymondham Free Online.
  
  
• For a snapshot of history in 1860, we have a transcription of a letter written by Elizabeth Eglesfield to her son who had emigrated to Pennsylvania. She and her husband were never to see their son again, nor meet his wife. The letter is "as written" and reflects the hard times a family was experiencing.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8518.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred (or Wapentake).
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	301
1851	800
1861	851
1871	776
1881	655
1901	620
1971	581

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Schools

• There was an endowed grammar school in the parish prior to 1869.
  
  
• There was a national girls' school in the parish prior to 1869.
  
  

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