Ragdale Leicestershire Family History Guide

Ragdale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Rakedale, Wreakdale

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1668
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

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Ragdale Old Hall Leicestershire east front 1907

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RAGDALE, Rakedale, or Wreakdale, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the wolds, near the Fosse-way, 2¼ miles N by W of Brooksby r. station, and 6 W by N of Melton-Mowbray. Post-town, Hoby, under Leicester. Acres, 1, 980. Real property, £1, 806. Pop., 120. Houses, 21. The manor belongs to the Duchess of Sforza. R. Hall was the seat of Earl Ferrers, and is now a farm-house. The New Hall is the residence of J. Richards, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £40. Patron, H. Jolliffe, Esq. The church is old, and has a low tower. The churchyard contains a stone cross.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

RAGDALE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of Leicestershire, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 121 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; income, £40 per annum; patron, H. Jolliffe, Esq. In the churchyard is an ancient stone cross.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848