Barton in the Beans

• The parish was in the Ibstock sub-district of the Market Bosworth 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:
   

• There was formerly (pre-1925) a chapel of the Anglican Church here.
   
• The parishioners attended the church in Nailstone.
   

• The chapel was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
   
• The General Baptists had a chapel built here in 1745 and rebuilt it in 1841.
   

• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Ibstock sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration DIstrict.
   

Barton in the Beans is a small village, a township and a parish about 108 miles north of London, 14 miles west of Leicester city, just 3 miles south of Ibstock and 8 miles south-east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The parish covers about 860 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A447 south out of Ibstock and turn west and turn west at Nailstone.
   

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Barton in the Beans to another place.

You can see the administrative areas in which Barton in the Beans has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK397064 (Lat/Lon: 52.653882, -1.41457), Barton in the Beans which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
• Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

In the Baptist chapel there is a War Memorial: a stone base and sloping top stone - WW1 inscription on top, WW2 on plaque on base.

There is a white stone cross in the Baptist Churchyard honoring trooper E. W. BLAZA who was wounding at Gallipoli and died a year later.

• This place was an ancient Township in Nailstone parish in Leicester county and it became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
   
• On 18 August, 1882, the parish was enlarged by gaining part of Market Bosworth Civil Parish.
   
• On 25 March, 1886, the parish was enlarged by gaining part of Nailstone Civil Parish.
   
• On 1 April, 1935, a large number of parish realignments were mandated. This parish was abolished and amalgamated into Shackerstone Civil Parish.
   
• You can find the local Parish Council regarding civic and political issues, but they won't assist in family history searches.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Barton in the Beans became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1871	168
1881	136
1891	146
1901	152
1911	151