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Peatling Magna, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Peatling Magna, a parish, with a village, in Leicestershire, on an affluent of the river Soar, 2½ miles SE of Conntesthorpe station on the Rugby and Leicester branch of the M.R., and 6½ NE by N of Lutterworth. Post town, Lutterworth; money order office, Gilmorton; telegraph office, Wigston Magna. Acreage, 1862; population of the civil parish, 160; of the ecclesiastical, with Willoughby Waterless, 439. The manor belongs to the Smith family. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Willoughby Waterless, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint gross value, £302 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Norman, Early English, and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and a western tower and spire.

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 parishPeatling Magna All Saints 
HundredGuthlaxton 
Poor Law unionLutterworth 

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


Church Records

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

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1565-19161656-19241565-19301565-1991

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Peatling Magna 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 Peatling Magna 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:

DistrictHarborough
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLE8
Post TownLeicester

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