Peatling Parva

• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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 was dedicated to Saint Andrew.
   
• The church was built in the 14th century.
   
• The porch and tower were added in the 15th century.
   
• The church was restored in 1876.
   
• The tower and spire were repaired in 1896.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• Ian ROB has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006.
   
• Mat FASCIONE also has a photograph of St. Andrew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2007.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1710.
   
• The church was in the rural Guthlaxton deanery (third portion).
   

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

Peatling Parva is a parish and a village 10 miles south of Leicester city and 4.5 miles north-west of Lutterworth. The parish covers 964 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly farmland for centuries. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A426 north out of Lutterworth.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

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

• The village is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Alia Petlinge.
   
• A working men's institute was erected here in 1908.
   
• The current Village Hall was built in 1989.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Shires Inn on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2007.
   

• Little Peatling Hall is a large brick mansion which was occupied by Captain Harry Torriano PRITCHARD in 1912.
   
• The Manor House was occupied by Col. William Alexander Stewart GEMMELL in 1925.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of Little Peatling Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2007.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP588893 (Lat/Lon: 52.498444, -1.135282), Peatling Parva 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.
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• There is a brass War Memorial plaque inside the church to Frederick PRENTICE who died in the second Boer War.
   
• There is a marble War Memorial plaque inside the church to the 8 men who fell during World War I.
   
• There is a War Memorial alabaster plaque inside the church to the 3 men who fell in World War II.
   

William Alexander Stewart GEMMELL would rise to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the 43rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery in 1918.

Captain Harry Torriano PRITCHFORD of Peatling Hall of the Scottish Borderers died 3 February 1920 aged 56. He had also served in the Lincoln Regiment.

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish lies in the Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
   
• For today's governance, the citizens have elected to have a Parish Meeting as needed instead of having a formal Parish Council.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lutterworth petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	117
1831	174
1841	159
1851	215
1871	161
1881	147
1891	117
1911	120

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1872 as a National School for 45 children. Average attendance was less than half that.