Wanlip, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Wanlip (originally Onlip or Anlep), a village, a township, and a parish, in Leicestershire, on the river Soar, 1½ mile W of Syston station on the main line of the M.R. Post town, Leicester; money order and telegraph office, Syston. Acreage, 977; population, 91. The manor, with Wanlip Hall, a mansion of brick standing in a well-wooded park, belongs to the Palmer family, who are sole landowners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough gross value, £300 with residence. The church is an ancient building dating. from the 14th century, and consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled western tower. It contains a fine brass of its founders, Sir Thomas and Lady Walsh, of 1393 date, and several monuments of the Palmer family.

Administration

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

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 Wanlip:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wanlip from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wanlip (St. Nicholas))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.

Maps

Online maps of Wanlip 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:

• Leicester Chronicle
• Leicester Journal
• Leicester Daily Mercury
• Leicestershire Mercury
• Leicester Mail