Carlton Curlieu (Carlton Curliew)
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon 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 was originally built in the Norman period.
- The church was rebuilt in 1685.
- The church was completely restored in 1880.
- The church seats 120.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1749. Earlier books have been lost.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Gartree (second portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
Carlton Curlieu is a parish and a small village and the chapelry of Illston (Ilston) on the Hill. It is about 95 miles north of London, 9 miles southeast of Leicester city and 7.5 miles northwest of Market Harborough. Burton Overy parish lies to the west and Kibworth Harcourt parish to the south. The parish covers 1,406 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, it is probably easiest to take the A6 arterial road southeast out of Leicester city through Wigston. At Kibworth Harcourt, turn left (north) and follow the country road to Carlton Curlieu.
- The parish was largely pasture, with some 100 acres used for growing wheat, beans and oats.
- Carlton Curlieu Hall was the seat of the Lady HAZLERIGG in 1848.
- The national grid reference is SP 6997.
- 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 place was an ancient parish of Leicester county as well as a Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Harborough petty sessional hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
57 |
| 1871 |
59 |
| 1881 |
69 |
| 1891 |
90 |
| 1901 |
66 |
| 1911 |
93 |
| 1921 |
74 |
| 1931 |
72 |
| 1951 |
61 |
| 1961 |
55 |
- Tthe children of this parish were attending school in nearby Burton Overy.
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[Created: 26-October-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
