Nailstone Leicestershire Family History Guide
Nailstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Normanton le Heath is a chapelry of Nailstone.
Other places in the parish include: Barton in the Beans.
Alternative names:
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1680
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include: General Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
NAILSTONE, a village and a township in Market-Bosworth district, and a parish partly also in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester. The village stands on a branch of the river Anker, 3 miles NNE of Market-Bosworth, and 3 WSW of Bagworth r. station; and has a post-office under Hinckley.
The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £4,051. Pop., 302. Houses, 71. The parish contains also the township of Barton-in-the-Beans, and the chapelry of Normanton-le-Heath. Acres, 3, 806. Real property, £8, 443. Pop., 639. Houses, 146. The manor of Nailstone and Barton belongs to Earl Howe; and that of Normanton belongs to Lord Belper. Coal was recently discovered in Nailstone township; and shafts for working it were formed in 1864.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. Patron, the Crown. The church was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. The p. curacy of Normanton is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel in Barton, a Wesleyan chapel in Normanton, and national schools in Nailstone and Normanton.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
NAILSTONE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Market-Bosworth, hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of Leicester, 3½ miles (N. N. E.) from Market-Bosworth; containing, with the chapelry of Normanton-le-Heath, and township of Barton-in-theBeans, 710 inhabitants, of whom 314 are in the township of Nailstone.
The parish comprises by computation 3450 acres of land; the surface is gently undulated, and the prevailing soil is a rich loam. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £24. 9. 9½., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £570, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. In addition to the parochial church, there is a chapel of ease at Normanton-le-Heath.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Leicestershire Historical Directories
Director Transcriptions
Kelly’s Directory of the Watch, Clock and Jewellery Trades 1880
BARTON IN THE BEANS
Watch Makers
Deacon Thomas & Son
Source: The Post office [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the watch and clock trades, goldsmiths and jewellers [&c. afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the watch, clock and jewellery tradesBy Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880
Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Market Bosworth
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Sparkenhoe
- Poor Law Union: Market Bosworth
- Hundred: Sparkenhoe
- Province: Canterbury