Houghton on the Hill

Timothy HEATON has a photograph of St. Catharine's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2020.

• 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 table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Catharine.
   
• The church was restored in 1860.
   
• The church was restored during the period from 1897 through 1907.
   
• The exterior of the church was restored in 1903.
   
• The church seats 300.
   
• Ashley DACE has a photograph of St. Catharine's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
   
• Timothy GLOVER also has a photograph of St. Catharine's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2018.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1651.
   
• The Anglican parish was in the rural deanery of Gartree (second portion).
   
• The Baptists had a chapel here before 1849, but it is not mentioned in 1881.
   
• A Wesleyan Methodist apparently bought the Baptist chapel in 1852.
   
• Timothy HEATON has a photograph of the Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2020.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
   

Houghton on Hill is both a village and a parish just 6 miles east of Leicester city on the Uppingham Road. The parish covers about 2,160 acres and was primarily pastureland for centuries.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester or west out of Uppingham. The road passes along the north edge of the village.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007. You can help by trimming the brush back from around the sign.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Houghton on the Hill to another place.

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

• A large part of the parish land was given over to pasturage.
   
• The parish feast was held on the Sunday after Sept. 29th.
   
• Ashley DACE has a photograph of The Old Black Horse pub on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Rose and Crown Inn on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK676032 (Lat/Lon: 52.622366, -1.002846), Houghton on the Hill 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.

• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007. This memorial was erected in 1921.
   
• In 1921 a richly coloured carved oak reredos was erected in the north aisle of the parish church as a war memorial.
   

• This place was an "ancient parish" in the county of Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they cannot do family history searches for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty sessional hearings.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became the centre of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
   

Population figures after 1835 often include the Poorlaw Union Workhouse staff and inmates.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	299
1841	451
1881	415
1891	332
1901	278