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Description in 1871:
"BARSBY a chapelry in Ashby-Folville parish, Leicestershire; 6 miles E of Syston r. station, and 10 NE of Leicester. Post Town, Gaddesby under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,030. Real property, £2,219. Pop., 290 Houses, 63. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
[John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
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You may want to use the Library in Melton Mowbray as the local Library is a former phone box.
Chris DOWNER has a photograph of the Barsby Library on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2017.
- The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1861 R.G. 9 / 2299 1871 R.G. 10 / 3293 1891 R.G. 12 / 2543
- Parishioners attended church at Ashby Folville.
- In 1887 a church mission room was opened to serve Anglican parishioners. The Mission Room was still functioning in 1912.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1698.
- The parish was in the Soke of Rothley.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1826.
- Tim HEATON has a photograph of the former Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Somerby sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
- In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
Barsby is a village and a parish, 1 mile south-east of Gaddesby, 7.5 miles south-west of Melton Mowbray, and 9 miles north-east of Leicester city.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A46 north out of Leicester to the A607 arterial road and turn right (east). At Rearsby, take the B674 road east (right) and go about a mile and a half. Barsby will be on your left.
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2009.
- Mat has a second photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2012.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Barsby to another place.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK698114 (Lat/Lon: 52.695791, -0.96862), Barsby which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
On the old Village Hall grounds stands a Commemorative granite stone with dedicatory metal plaque in thanksgiving for return of 12 villagers. Unveiled 4 April 1998 by Wing Commander John SMITH-CARRINGTON.
- This place was an ancient chapelry of the county and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
- In March, 1884, the parish was enlarged by receiving the "Ashby Newbould" portion of Ashby Folville Civil Parish.
- In March, 1884, the parish was reduced by transferring the "Barsby Lodge" portion to South Croxton Civil Parish.
- In March, 1884, the parish was enlarged by receiving a portion of South Croxton Civil Parish.
- In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and all 1,147 acres amalgamated with Gaddesby Civil Parish.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Melton Mowbray petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Melton Mowbray Poorlaw Union.