Stockerston

• The parish was in the Uppingham subdistrict of the Uppingham 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 church dates back to at least 1620.
   
• The church was extensively restored in 1887.
   
• This small church seats 70.
   
• For a photograph of the church, check Wikipedia.
   
• Tim HEATON has a photograph of the Church of St Peter on Geograph, taken in September, 2006.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1594.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Gartree (third portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Uppingham subdistrict of the Uppingham Registration District.
   

Stockerston is a small village and an ancient parish bounded on the east by the River Eye. The village lies in the Eye River valley. Across the river is the county of Rutland. The parish is 96 miles north of London, 4 miles north of Medbourne and 2 miles south-west from Uppingham. The parish covers 1,534 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The parish offers both Go Karting and Clay Pigeon shooting opportunities.
   
• By automobile, take the B664 arterial southwest out of Uppingham. Stockerston is the first village you will encounter.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2007.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Most of the parish was used for pasture.
   
• The village is small and has been so historically. There are some nice gardens in the village.
   

• Stockerston Hall was built in 1792.
   
• "Marathon" has a photograph of Stockerston Hall on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2016.
   
• Stockerston Hall was the residence of Fleming GOUGH in 1881.
   
• Stockerston Hall was unoccupied in 1912.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP834974 (Lat/Lon: 52.568043, -0.77096), Stockerston 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.

• The parish was in the southern division of the county in the ancient Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• In March, 1885, the Liberty of Holy Oakes, Stoke Dry in Rutland, was transferred to this parish.
   
• The residents of this parish have decided to forgo a formal Parish Council and they discuss civic and political issues in a parish-wide meeting periodically.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings the first Friday of each month.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Uppingham (Rutland) Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1871	54
1881	56
1891	70
1901	69
1911	49
1921	51
1931	37
1951	50
1961	24
2001	35

• The children of this parish attended school in Uppingham.