Walton on the Wolds, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire



Parish History
Walton on the Wolds St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish.

WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Barrow-upon-Soar, Hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 4 miles (E.) from Loughborough; and containing 285 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the west by the river Soar, and is intersected by the road from Loughborough to Melton-Mowbray: it comprises 1500 acres by admeasurement. Limestone is quarried for agricultural purposes. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15; net income, £403; patron, the Rev. Augustus Packe. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1792: there is a parsonage house, and the glebe altogether contains 289 acres. The church is a neat brick edifice, built in 1739. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 453-457. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51374 Date accessed: 18 May 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Walton on the Wolds like this:

WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; 2 miles NE of Barrow-upon-Soar r. station. Post town, Loughborough: Acres, 1,720; Real property, £2,087; Pop., 221; Houses, 57. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; Value, £450. Patron, Mrs. Packe. The church is good.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Deposited records are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office

Contact: The Record Office Telephone: 0116 2571080 Fax: 0116 2571120 E-mail: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk

Diocese of Leicester: Walton on the Wolds Bap 1566 - 1666; 1689 - 1920 Marr 1566 - 1666; 1689 - 1989 (Banns to1965) Bur 1566 - 1666;1689 - 1985

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Poor Law Unions
Barrow upon Soar Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Leicestershire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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