Gopsall Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Gopsall is an extra-parochial place.

Alternative names: Gopsall Hall

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GOPSALL, an extra-parochial tract in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester; near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, 4½ miles NW of Market-Bosworth. Acres, 600. Real property, £1, 007. Pop., 63. Houses, 13.

It had a cell to Merevale abbey; and it is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. Gopsall Hall is the seat of Earl Howe; was built by Jennins, the friend of Handel; has a beautiful chapel, 36 feet by 24; contains some interesting portraits and paintings; and stands amid fine grounds, which have a temple, with a statue by Roubiliac.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Gopsall – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Gopsall, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Market Bosworth
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Market Bosworth
  • Hundred: Sparkenhoe
  • Province: Canterbury