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Garthorpe, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Garthorpe, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, 2 miles NNE of Saxby station on the M.R., and 5g- ENE of Melton Mowbray. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Melton Mowbray. Acreage, 1635; population, 125. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Dysart. The church is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishGarthorpe St. Mary 
HundredFramland 
Poor Law unionMelton-Mowbray 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1568.

Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Garthorpe:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1568-19161755-18091568-19301568-1987

Churches

Church of England

St. Mary (parish church)

The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and an embattled western tower, with crocketed pinnacles, containing 3 bells, two of which are dated respectively 1600 and 1608: a new font cover of carved oak was presented in 1898: the communion plate includes a silver flagon dated 1675: the church was restored in 1895, at a cost of £1,000: there are 200 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 Garthorpe 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 Garthorpe are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online:

DistrictMelton
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLE14
Post TownMelton Mowbray

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