Burbage

The Burbage, Library on Church Street is a branch of the Leicester County Council Library System. It is open 4 days each week (verify by phone if you are visiting).

J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Burbage Community Library on the corner of Lychgate Lane, taken in February, 2017.

• The Parish Council maintains The Burbage Cemetery.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of a portion of the churchyard cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2008.
   

• The parish was in the Burbage sub-district of the Hinckley 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 6 covers the Burbage and Earl Shilton sub-district which includes Burbage.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 600
1861	R.G. 9 / 2259
1871	R.G. 10 / 3235
1891	R.G. 12 / 2502

• The Anglican parish church in Burbage is dedicated to Saint Catherine.
   
• The church was built in the 14th century from stone, but little of the original structure remains except the tower.
   
• The church has a square tower and 5 bells.
   
• The church was partly rebuilt in 1842 and repaired in 1843.
   
• The entire church was restored in 1882.
   
• The tower and spire were restored in 1913.
   
• The church was renovated in 1922.
   
• The church seats 600.
   
• There is a photograph of the church in the distance at the Parish Council website. See "Politics," below.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1562 and is in good condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (second portion).
   
• The Congregational chapel was built in 1895.
   
• Ian ROB has a photograph of The Congregational chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2011.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1866.
   
• There used to be an Anglican Chapel in Sketchley hamlet, but that closed prior to 1881.
   

• The parish was in the Burbage sub-district of the Hinckley registration district.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Burbage is now a suburb of Hinckley, on the eastern edge of that town. It was long a large village, a township, a chapelry and a parish. The parish borders Warwick to the south-west, across Watling Street, with Hinckley parish to the west, and Barwell parish to the north. It is 100 miles north of London and 9.5 miles north-west of Lutterworth. The parish includes the hamlet of Sketchley.

The village sits in south-west Leicestershire about 1.5 miles east of the centre of Hinckley. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the parish lies just north of the intersection between the A5 (Watling Street) and the M69.
   
• The village is served by Arriva bus service from Hinckley.
   
• There is rail service between Leicester and Nuneaton (and onward to Coventry with a change of trains).
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Burbage to another place.

• J. HIGGINS has a photograph of an Old Milestone at the north end of the village on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2004.
   
• Most of the male residents of the parish were either Framework Knitters, farmers or shoe makers.
   
• There are some old photographs of Burbage, but no text "content" at Burbage.org.
   
• The "Bitterman" has a photograph of The Hastings Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2010.
   

• There is mention of a Burbage House in old directories, but it appears this was NOT the Manor House.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP442926 (Lat/Lon: 52.529484, -1.349891), Burbage which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• 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.

• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the War Memorial in Church Street on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2008.
   

For another photograph of the Burbage War Memorial and the list of names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.

• Although Burbage is the preferred name for the parish, it is also known as Burbage and Sketchley.
   

• This place was an ancient Chapelry of Aston Flamville parish, Leicestershire, and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred (Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
   
• Today's Parish Council can be checked out, but they do NOT answer family history questions.
   
• On 1 April, 1928, this parish gave up 5 acres to Hinckley Civil Parish, but gained a different 3 acre parcel from the same parish.
   
• On 1 April, 1935, this parish was abolished and all 3,103 acres were joined to Hinckley Civil Parish.
   
• The Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council provides district governance.
   

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Hinckley Poorlaw Union.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty sessional hearings.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	1,780
1871	1,725
1881	1,691
1891	1,876
1901	2,196
1911	2,412
1921	2,589
1931	3,570

• A Public Elementary School was built here on WIndsor Street in 1849 and later enlarged to hold 255 children.
   
• A second Public Elementary School was built here in 1871 and later enlarged to hold 292 children.
   
• There is a new website for Burbage Junior School, but at last check there was no history.