Carlton, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Carlton, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire, on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal, 1½ mile NW by N of Market-Bosworth station on the Ashby and Nuneaton section of the M.R. Post town, Hinckley; money order and telegraph office, Market-Bosworth. Acreage, 747; population, 267. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £116 with residence. The church is a small building of brick in the Gothic style. There is also a small Primitive Methodist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
| Civil parish | Market Bosworth | |
| Hundred | Sparkenhoe | |
| Poor Law union | Market-Bosworth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1713.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Carlton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1714-1916 | 1831-1831 | 1661-1928 | 1715-1988 |
Churches
Church of England
St. Andrew (parish church)
The church of St. Andrew is a small structure of brick in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, and a western tower of brick containing 4 bells: there is a memorial window to the Rev. William Townson, 34 years rector of the parish. and another to the four men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18: in 1904 the chancel floor was relaid and the walls panelled with oak: there is a beautiful Elizabethan chalice dated 1575: there are 110 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Carlton from the following:
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Carlton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: