Wardley, Rutland

Historical Description

Wardley, a small parish and a village in Rutland, on the borders of Leicestershire, 2¼ miles W from East Norton station on the G.N.R. and L. & N.W.R. Joint line. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Uppingham. Acreage, 748; population of the civil parish, 45; of the ecclesiastical, with Belton, 417. The living is a discharged rectory with the vicarage of Belton annexed, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £265 with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower with spire, and contains some memorials of the Fludyer 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

The parish register dates from the year 1574.

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

Churches

Church of England

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wardley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wardley (St. Mary))
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland, 1928

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Wardley 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)

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Rutland, 1618-19 and The Visitation of Rutland 1681-2 are available to browse on the Heraldry page.