Saxelby

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Light and shade in Saxelby churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has four photographs of gravestones in the churchyard:

1. Richard BIRD died 1726
2. Jasper SIMPSON died 1732
3. Elizabeth SIMPSON, daughter of Jasper and Alice SIMPSON, died 1696
4. Tom STRINGER, son of Charles and Elizabeth STRINGER, died 1717

• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transferred to the Melton and Belvoir 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 Peter.
   
• The original date of sconstruction has not been recorded.
   
• The church seats 110.
   
• Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2003.
   
• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of St. Peter's Church porch and tower on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1537.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion) {also given as Framland (third portion)].
   
• The residents of Shoby, an extra-parochial liberty just west of Saxelby used this church for marriages. baptisms and burials.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Melton Mowbray sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   

Saxelby is a small village and a parish in the Wold hills 4 miles north-west of Melton Mowbray, 9 miles northeast of Leicester city and 109 miles north of London. The parish was bordered by Asfordby parish to the south. The parish covered 1,052 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A6006 arterial road west out of Melton Mobray. Turn right at Asfordby to find Saxelby.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
   
• Alex MacGREGOR also has a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2008.
   
• There is a rail line just south-west of the village but passenger service is not noted. Grimston station stood in this parish.
   
• If you are travelling by horse, Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Warning Sign for Riders on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.
   
• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011. When it is open, stop by and ask for a list of forth-coming events.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
   
• Stilton cheese was made here.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK700211 (Lat/Lon: 52.783039, -0.963707), Saxelby 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.

• This place was an ancient parish of the county and became a Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
   
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,052 acres were amalgamated with Grimston Civil Parish.
   
• District governance is provided by the Melton Borough Council.
   

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

Year	Inhabitants
1841	112
1861	120
1871	91
1881	84
1891	98
1901	94
1911	109
1921	71
1931	75

• A Public Elementary School (National School) was built here by 1849.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Old School on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2015.
   
• Many children from this parish attended school in Grimston.