Medbourne Leicestershire Family History Guide
Medbourne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Holt is a chapelry of Medbourne.
Other places in the parish include: Medbourne St Giles.
Alternative names: Medbourn, Medbourne with Holt
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Medbourne
- Parish registers: 1588
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Medbourne St Giles
- Parish registers: 1588
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Weston by Welland Northamptonshire
- Ashley Northamptonshire
- Bringhurst
- Hallaton
- Slawston
- Holt
- Blaston
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MEDBOURNE, a village, a township, and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The village stands on a rivulet near its influx to the river Welland at the boundary with Northamptonshire, and under a hill near the site of a Roman station on the Via Devana, 1 mile NNE of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 6¼ NE of Market-Harborough; and has a post office under Market-Harborough.
The township extends beyond the village, over the greater part of the parish. Real property, £3,517. Pop., 580. Houses, 119.
The parish includes also the township of Holt. Pop. of the whole, 613. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a. few.
The manor belongs to Cosmo Nevill, Esq. A Roman pavement, coins, pottery, and other relics have been found at Medenborough, the site of the Roman station.
The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Holt, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £630. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, S aisle, transepts, and chancel, with a tower.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school with £32 a year from endowment, and charities £56.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Uppingham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Gartree
- Poor Law Union: Uppingham
- Hundred: Gartree (Leicestershire)
- Province: Canterbury