Twycross, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Twycross, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, 5¼ miles NNE of Atherstone, 8 S from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 3½ SW from Shackerstone station on the M.R. and the L. & N.W.R. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Atherstone. Acreage, 1581; population, 350. There is a parish council of five members and a chairman. Cliffe House is a chief residence. The manor belongs to Earl Howe, who is also chief landowner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £162 with residence. Patron, Earl Howe. The church, which dates from. The 14th century, is a building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower.
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 | Twycross St. James | |
Hundred | Sparkenhoe | |
Poor Law union | Market-Bosworth |
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 Twycross:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1585-1916 | 1655-1934 | 1585-1929 | 1586-1980 |
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 Twycross from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Twycross (St. James))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Twycross 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: