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Wymondham, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Wymondham, a township and a parish, with a village, in Leicestershire, 6½ miles E of Melton Mowbray. It has a station on the Saxby and Bourn branch of the M.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Oakham. Area, 2928 acres; population, 905. There is a parish council consisting of six members. The manor belongs to the Gretton family. Roman remains have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £406 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is a cruciform building in the Early English style, with W tower and spire, and was interiorly restored in 1864,1873, and 1893. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed grammar school.

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 parishWymondham St. Peter 
HundredFramland 
Poor Law unionMelton-Mowbray 

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 Wymondham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1538-19161756-19361539-19311538-1962

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wymondham 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 Wymondham 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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