Wymondham Leicestershire Family History Guide
Wymondham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Stapleford
- Coston
- Stainby with Gunby St Nicholas Lincolnshire
- South Witham Lincolnshire
- Buckminster
- Sewstern
- Whissendine Rutland
- Garthorpe
- Edmondthorpe
- Saxby
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WYMONDHAM, a parish, with a village, in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 1¾ mile NE of Whissendine r. station, and 6½ E of Melton-Mowbray. It has a post-office under Oakham. Acres, 2,852. Real property, £5,953. Pop., 851. Houses, 180. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. The church is cruciform, with W tower and spire; and was interiorly restored in 1864. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed grammar-school with £150 a year, and a national school for girls. .
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WYMONDHAM (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6½ miles (E.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 766 inhabitants.
This place, which is of great antiquity, is still surrounded by its ancient walls. The parish comprises by measurement 2920 acres: the soil is partly clay, and partly a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. The Oakham canal passes through.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12, and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £391. The church is chiefly in the early English style, with the spire and upper portion of the tower in the later English. Sir John Sedley, in 1637, endowed a school for boys with 60 acres of land, now producing £127 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Directory Transcriptions
Kelly’s Directory of the Watch, Clock and Jewellery Trades 1880
WYMONDHAM
Watch & Clock Maker
Payne William
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
Maps
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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