Saddington, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Saddington, a parish in Leicestershire, around a lofty hill, adjacent to the Union Canal, 2 miles SW of Kibworth station on the M.R. main line, and 6 NW by W of Market Harborongh. It has a post office under Market Harborough; money order office, Fleckney; telegraph 6ffice, Kibworth Harcourt. Acreage, 1713; population, 182. The Union Canal has here a reservoir of 57 acres, and passes through a tunnel 2400 feet long on the NE boundary. There is a mineral spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and an embattled western tower. There are a Baptist chapel and a few 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 | Saddington St. Helen | |
| Hundred | Gartree | |
| Poor Law union | Harborough |
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 Saddington:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1538-1914 | 1685-1937 | 1538-1931 | 1543-1982 |
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 Saddington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Saddington (St. Helen))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Saddington 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: