Waltham on the Wolds Leicestershire Family History Guide
Waltham on the Wolds is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS, a village and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The village stands 3¾ miles N by W of Saxby r. station, and 5 NE of Melton-Mowbray; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray, and a cattle and horse fair on 18 and 19 Sept.
The parish comprises 2,870 acres. Real property, £3,943. Pop, 672. Houses, 136. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. Lime is calcined.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £520. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is cruciform, with central tower and spire; is chiefly decorated English; and has been restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £30.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5¼ miles (N. E.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 768 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 5.; net income, £481; patron, the Duke of Rutland: the tithes were commuted for land in 1766. The church is in the decorated style, with portions of earlier date, and has three enriched stalls; the font presents a curious admixture of the Norman and early English styles.
Joseph and George Noble in 1776, and Thomas Baker, left sums for instruction, now producing £12. 13. per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Framland
- Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
- Hundred: Framland
- Province: Canterbury