Thurcaston
Description in 1871:
"THURCASTON, a township and a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire. The township lies 3½ miles W by S of Syston r. station, and 4¼ N by W of Leicester. Real property, £2,194. Pop., 248. Houses, 57. The parish contains also Cropston township and Anstey chapelry, and comprises 2,960 acres. Post town, Rothley, under Loughborough. Pop., 1,095. Houses, 258. T. manor belongs to the Earl of Lanesborough; and Anstey manor, to the Earl of Stamford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £620. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is good. The p. curacy of Anstey, formerly annexed to T., has become a separate rectory. There are an endowed school with £26 a year, and charities £52. Bishop Latimer was a native."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
- Thurcaston was in the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-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 and Volume 13 covers the Barrow on Soar District.
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints.
- The date of construction is uncertain.
- The church seats 240.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- The Anglican parish church was in the rural deanery of East Akeley.
- In 1912, Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire places the church in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (first division).
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- Thurcaston was in the Rothley subdistrict of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
- The Registrar's Office in Barrow-upon-Soar closed in 1945. Certificates of birth, death and marriage can now be obtained from the Superintendent Registrar at Leicestershire Central or Loughborough
Thurcaston is a village, a township and an ancient parish in Leicestershire. The parish is only 4.5 miles from Leicester city centre and 107 miles north of London. The parish covers 1,587 acres and includes the hamlet and township of Cropston (once aslo a parish, but abolished in 1935).
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the parish is just west of the A6 about 4.5 miles north of Leicester city centre.
- Hugh LATIMER, Bishop of Worcester, was born here in 1470.
- There is no mention of a Hall or Manor House in the sources available to the webpage author.
- The national grid reference is SK 5610.
- 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 place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a Civil Parish when those were incorporated.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the northern (or Mid) division of the county.
- In October, 1912, the parish was reduced by 12 acres to enlarge Rothley Civil Parish.
- In April, 1935, the parish was enlarged by 7 acres with the abolition of Beaument Leys Civil Parish.
- On that same date, the parish was enlarged by 430 acres with the abolition of Cropston Civil Parish.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Thurcaston became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
281 |
| 1871 |
249 |
| 1881 |
223 |
| 1891 |
195 |
| 1901 |
268 |
| 1911 |
345 |
| 1921 |
245 |
| 1931 |
336 |
| 1951 |
1,126 |
| 1961 |
1,587 |
- The local school was built here in 1715 by the Rev. Richard PALMER.
- In 1875, new buildings replaced the above and were designated a National School.
- The school was further enlarged in 1894 and became a Public Elementary School.
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[Created: 12-October-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
