Thorpe in the Glebe (Thorpe Bochart)
"This is a small village and parish, 11 miles south by east of Nottingham,
containing only 38 inhabitants amd 930 acres of land, principally belonging to
Mansfield Parkyns and George Frith Esquires, the former of whom is lord of the
manor and patron of the rectory, which is valued at £2 3s 4d. The only remains
of the church is a heap of ruins, nearly overgrown with grass, upon which the
present rector, the Rev. T. Grantham, preached his introductory sermon in 1824,
and has never since officiated in the parish. Tradition says, that this place
was destroyed either at the Battle of Willoughby Field, or by the hail-storm
noticed at Stanton-on-the-Wolds."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2278 & 2472 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2518 |
- The dedication of the Anglican parish church is unknown.
- The old Anglican parish church was apparently built by the Normans and was a small structure.
- The first rector was appointed to this place in 1251.
- A drawing from 1790 shows only a ruined steeple. The church tower was still partially standing in 1810.
- The last religious service was conducted here in 1824, when the Rev. T. GRANTHAM preached an introductory sermon standing on the ruins. Apparently he never returned.
- The site of the building is now just a mound.
- The last recorded event at the church was a marriage performed in 1712.
- The church was in the No. 2 deanery of Bingham.
- Your best bet may be to start searching Wysall's church records or other nearby parishes.
- The parish was in the Leake sub-district of the Loughborough Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish lies some 120 miles north of London, about 6 miles north-east of Loughborough and just west of Willoughby on the Wolds. The parish covers about 863 acres.
There is no village. The site of the village is just a few mounds and dips. There are a few scattered farmhouses. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the A46 motorway north out of Leicester city and follow it out to the Nottinghamshire border. Turn left into Willoughby on the Wolds. Near the west end of the village is a road to Wysall. Turn right onto that road and you will pass through Thorpe in the Glebe. Remember, it is just a few scattered farm houses.
- The village was deserted following the enclosure and conversion of much of its arable land into a sheep run in the late 1400s.
- The village was reported as deserted to King Henry VIII in 1535.
- The parish is now home to Nottingham's largest Alpaca farm.
- The national grid reference is SK 6126.
- 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 parish is also known as "Thorpe Bochart" and "Thorpe Buzzard".
- The name has Scandanavian roots; "Thorpe" meaning a secondary settlement, perhaps to Wysall. "Glebe" probably means "earth clods". An old name for the parish is Thorpe-in-the-Clottes".
- This place is listed as an ancient parish in Nottingham county, but, in fact, no parish existed here in 1068. It is believed to have been established around 1100.
- The parish was in the south division of the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
20 |
| 1851 |
33 |
| 1861 |
36 |
| 1871 |
49 |
| 1881 |
51 |
| 1891 |
33 |
| 1901 |
37 |
| 1911 |
30 |
- There were no schools built in this parish.
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[Last updated: 25-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
