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Description in 1871:
"STONESBY, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 3¾ miles N of Saxby r. station, and 6 NE of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,370. Real property, £2,156. Pop., 271. Houses, 61. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £90. Patron, the Rev. H. J. Shephard. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities, £11."
John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-1872".

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Cemeteries

  • Stonesby has a separate cemetery about a mile north-east of the village, just before Stonesby road.
     
  • Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of the Stonesby Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
     
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Census

  • The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
     
  • In 1935, the parish was transfered to the new 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:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 588
1861R.G. 9 / 2304
1871R.G. 10 / 3297
1891R.G. 12 / 2546
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Peter.
     
  • The church construction date is unknown. It appears to be early Norman.
     
  • The church was restored in 1875.
     
  • The church seats 200.
     
  • Kate JEWELL has a photograph of St Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2007.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1640 (some sources show 1578).
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here before 1849.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Window and datestone, Stonesby Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016.
     
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District.
     
  • In 1935, the parish was transferred to the new Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
     
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Description & Travel

Stonesby is a parish and a village in the northeast of the county in the Wold Hills, just north of a small stream that feeds into the nearby River Eye. The parish is about 121 miles north of London, 6 miles northeast of Melton Mobray. The parish covered 1,423 acres and includs a feeder stream to the River Eye.

If you are planning a visit:

  • By automobile, from the A607 trunk road, turn east at Waltham to arrive at Stonesby.
     
You can see pictures of Stonesby which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

  • A good portion of the parish was pasture, but most of the rest was farmland.
     
  • In the 1840s some 50 people of the parish emigrated to Canada.
     
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Manors

  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the The Manor House on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016.
     
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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.
     

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK823247 (Lat/Lon: 52.813572, -0.780368), Stonesby which are provided by:

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Military History

The is a Memorial Plaque in St Peter's Church commemorating those of Stonesby who fell in the World Wars.

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Politics & Government

  • The parish was in the Framland Hundred (Wapentake) in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
     
  • This parish was an "ancient parish" of Leicestershire as well as a modern Civil Parish until 1936.
     
  • This parish boundaries were adjusted slightly around 1886 to take the parish from 1,370 acres to 1,423 acres.
     
  • In April, 1936, the parish of Stonesby was abolished and the land of 1,423 acres amalgamated with that of Sproxton Civil Parish.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • 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.
     
  • In 1879, William BEEBY left £1,000. Half of the interest from that was distributed to the poor as coal. The other half went to support the local school.
     
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Population

 YearInhabitants
1801181
1821246
1841288
1861271
1871236
1881216
1891231
1901199
1911172
1931140
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Schools

  • The Public Elementary School (National School) was built in 1850 for 36 children.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the The Old School on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016.