Tugby (St. Thomas à Becket)

TUGBY (St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the union of Billesdon, partly in the hundred of Gartree, but chiefly in that of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Uppingham; containing, with the liberty of Keythorpe, 288 inhabitants. This parish, which forms some of the highest land in the county, is situated on the road from Leicester to Stamford, and comprises about 2000 acres. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of East Norton annexed, valued in the king's books at £11. 8. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The tithes were partly commuted for land in 1784, and under the recent act a commutation has taken place for a rentcharge of £147. 8.; the glebe contains 137 acres. The church has been repewed. Robert Wilson in 1726 bequeathed some land, directing the produce to be applied for teaching children, and the relief of poor persons. Catherine Parker, in 1746, left £50 per annum to be distributed among three widows, two of this place and one of East Norton. £23 per annum, derived from land apportioned at the inclosure, are applied to apprenticing children; and the sum of £7. 5., derived from land purchased with bequests, is distributed among the poor.