Village History

Our village history is inextricably linked with that of Lady Jane Grey whose life is set out by Jane Lambert - click to read Jane Lambert's version

The Village has been very lucky to have had a historian living with us for so many years. The late Joan Stevenson began and Pam McMorran has added to the Timeline from 1241 until 2000. Pam McMorran has continued with the Timeline commencing 2000.

In November 1925 the Bradgate Estate was sold in 227 lots by direction of Mrs. K.H.V. Grey. Here is a table showing the houses and their sale prices.

Following a public meeting held in the Village Hall in February 2009 with Charnwood Borough Council Dr. R. G. Lowe published these notes with regard to the Conservation Area. They clearly set out the origins of this area.

In 1959 the family of Dr. Richard Lowe made an 8 mm cine film. Parts have been extracted and adapted for viewing on the website.

• It is an amazing piece of footage because it shows the cottages known as Workhouse Row. The car passing by is a 1932 Morris which Dr. Lowe inherited from his grandfather.
• The cottages stood to the left of the Church.
• Sadly in the 1960s they were allowed to fall into disrepair and were demolished.
• They had no front doors to the road.
• A modern bungalow has since been built on the site.
• The film also shows the Post Office when it was at 25 Main Street.

We will also be adding photographs of people and events gone by. Here again, if you have anything to be included, please let us know. We can scan your photographs without harming them.

The records for All Saints Church show the Clergy from 1537 the year when Lady Jane Grey was born. The writer is in contact with the relatives of some of these people and information and photographs will gradually be added. These are the Clergy who have their names inscribed at the back of the Church. There has of course been other Clergy over the years who have regularly officiated at All Saints and these are also being recorded. Grateful thanks also to Janet Neaverson for supplying such a wealth of information from the Village Archives.

Obituaries originally published in the Church Magazine years ago or the present Village Magazine are now being placed here.

All Saints Church Graveyard

This was surveyed in 1981 by Alfred 'Tommy' Thomson who lived with his wife Lucille on Groby Lane. He drew the outline of every gravestone and put them in a file which can be viewed in the back of the Church. In 2000 these pages were put on disc by Alan Iliffe the present Churchwarden. In 2009 these files were converted to PDF format by Pam McMorran and extracts from these records (in their original form) are shown below:-

Burials since 1960

For the records since 1960 follow the link to the Parish Council website.

Census Fiche Records for 1861 & 1901