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Belvoir

Description in 1846:
"BELVOIR CASTLE, the splendid seat of the Duke of Rutland, has been mostly rebuilt during the present century, and occupies the crown of a lofty eminence on the south side of the Vale of Belvoir and on the north-eastern verge of the county, adjoining Lincolnshire; 12 miles N.E. of Melton Mowbray; 18 miles E. by S. of Nottingham; 6 miles W.S.W of Grantham, and 28 miles N.E. of Leicester. BELVOIR is an extra-parochial desmesne, partly in the Soke of Grantham, Lincolnshire and comprising 109 inhabitants, and about 170 acres; but the pleasure grounds, woods, and plantations, extend over more than 500 acres in the adjoining parishes. Except the Inn, the houses are detached offices, belonging to the Castle, which is by far the most superb architectural ornament of which Leicestershire can boast."
[White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Leicestershire and the small County of Rutland. 1st Edition 1846]

Census

• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincoln) Registration District.
  
  
• After the Grantham Registration District was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham 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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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham (Lincolnshire) Registration District.
  
  
• After the Grantham Registration District was re-organized in 1891, the parish was in the Grantham North sub-district of the Grantham Registration District.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Belvoir is both an extra-parochial desmesne and a village about 100 miles north of London and lies in the Vale of Belvoir. The town of Grantham is 6 miles to the east, Melton Mobray is 12 miles to the southwest and Newark is 12 miles to the north. The ex-parochial area covers only about 170 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 Belvoir.
  
  
• Check out the village website.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8233.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• Multi Media Mapping have a current map showing the location of Belvoir.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name reportedly means "Beautiful Views".
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the Melton district of Leicestershire.
  
  
• A portion of the ex-parocial area is also within the boundaries of the Grantham Soke.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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