Queeniborough, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Queeniborough, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire, on an affluent of the river Wreak, 2½ miles E "by N of Syston station on the main line of the M.R., and 6½ NNE of Leicester, with a post and money order office under Leicester; telegraph office, Syston. Acreage, 2182; population, 510. There is a parish council consisting of six members and a chairman. Much of the land is devoted to pasture, and Stilton cheese is made to a considerable extent. The Upper Hall is a mansion of brick standing at the south-east end of the village. The Old Hall, at the lower end of the village, is of historic interest. Prince Rupert stayed here at the time of the attack on Leicester. Coppia is also a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £165 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower and spire. The church was restored in 1858, the tower and spire in 1883, and the interior in 1885. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels and some small charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Queeniborough St. Mary | |
Hundred | East Goscote | |
Poor Law union | Barrow-upon-Soar |
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 Queniborough:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1561-1916 | 1754-1940 | 1562-1931 | 1562-1898 |
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 Queeniborough from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Queeniborough (St. Mary))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Queeniborough 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: