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Description in 1871:
"CADEBY, a township and a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester. The township lies 1½ mile SE by S of Market-Bosworth, and 5 WSW of Desford r. station. Acres, 900. Real property, £1,662. Pop., 194. Houses, 43. The parish contains also the township of Osbaston; and its Post Town is Market-Bosworth, under Hinckley. Acres, 2,130. Real property, £4,623. Pop., 422. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £223. Patron, Sir Alex. Dixie, Bart. The church is very good. Charities, £21."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72.
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- The parish was in the Market Bosworth 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:
Census
YearPiece No. 1841 H.O. 107 / 600 1861 R.G. 9 / 2263 1871 R.G. 10 / 3239 1891 R.G. 12 / 2506
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church construction date remains unreported.
- The church seats 75.
- Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
- J. THOMAS also has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2015.
- JAGGERY has a photograph of the church lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1595, but has been "very irregularly kept".
- The church is in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
Cadeby is a village, a township and a parish which lie about 114 miles north of London, 5.5 miles north of Hinckley and 1.5 miles east of Market Bosworth. The parish covers about 1,008 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A447 north out of Hinckley to Cadeby. The road runs along the eastern edge of the village.
- Mat FASCIONE contributes a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2009.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cadeby to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK426024 (Lat/Lon: 52.617706, -1.372218), Cadeby 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.
Inside Cadeby parish church (All Saints) is a white marble plaque with black lettering for the inscription It is a memorial to the eight men who fell in the two World Wars.
There is one Commonwealth War Grave in All Saints churchyard.
The names listed on the War Memorial in the church are:
| Name | Rank | Unit | Died | Other info. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles BALL | able seaman | Hawke Btln., Naval Division | 25 Aug. 1918 | Age 39, husband of Mary Jane BALL |
| Frederick James R. BARTLAM | private | 1/5 Leics. Regt. | 13 Oct. 1915 | Age 21, son of Herbert and Silvia BARTLAM |
| William HADLAND | private | 1/5 Leics. Regt. | 13 Nov. 1915 | Age 20, son of Joseph and Annie HADLAND |
| William J. PALLETT | private | 3rd Batln., Durham Light Infantry | 1 Dec. 1918 | Age 23, son of Amos and Sarah PALLETT |
| George PALLETT | private | 1st Btln., Lincs. Regt. | 16 April 1918 | son of Fanny HILL and the late Joseph HILL |
| William Edward PARRY | private | 2nd Btln., Leics. Regt. | 7 Jan. 1916 | enlisted at Coalville, LEI, died in Iraq |
| Neville Wm. Gordon THOMPSON | sergeant pilot | 115 Sqdn., RAF Volun. Resv. | 1 Oct. 1940 | Age 240, son of Francis E. B. and Alma Beatrice LAMB |
| Arthur Albert UNWIN | 6 May 1916 |
The Commonwealth War Grave (data from www.CWGC.org) is for:
| Name | Rank | Unit | Died | Family info. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. J. PALLETT | Private | 3rd Btn., Durham Light Infantry | 1 Dec. 1918 | Age 23, son of Amos and Sarah PALLETT |
- The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
- At one time, the parish contained the township of Obaston before that place was formed as a Civil Parish in 1866.
- In March, 1884, the parish was enlarged by gaining the Naneby House part of Market Bosworth Civil Parish. This was about 108 acres of land.
- 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 Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty session hearings, held every other Thursday at the police court in Hinckley and every other Wednesday at the police court in Market Bosworth.
These census figures, except for 1841, appear to be for the Township and not the entire parish of Cadeby.
Year Inhabitants 1841 178 1871 170 1881 149 1891 166 1901 124 1911 114 1921 138 1931 122 1951 158 1961 170