Rearsby, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Rearsby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands near the Syston and Peterborough branch of the M.R., on which it has a station, and near the river Wreak, 7 miles WSW of Melton Mowbray. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leicester. The parish comprises 1726 acres; population, 400. The manor belongs to the Pochin family. Brook House is a chief residence. There is a wharf on the river. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £649 with residence. The church, which was restored in 1860, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower. There is a Congregational chapel. Cleare Sacheverelle, noticed in Walker's " History of the Persecution of the Clergy," was rector.
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 | Rearsby St. Michael | |
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 Rearsby:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1649-1916 | 1754-1803 | 1654-1931 | 1653-1965 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Rearsby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Rearsby (St. Michael))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Rearsby 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: