Diseworth

The Loughborough Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

The Baptist Chapel had its own burial ground. Ian CALDERWOOD has a photograph of a portion of the Baptist Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2013.

• The parish was in the Castle Donington subdistrict of the Shardlow 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:
   

• The Anglican parish church for Diseworth is dedicated to Saint Michael and All Saints.
   
• The church was repaired in 1840.
   
• The church chancel was restored in 1885.
   
• The church seats 150.
   
• Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2003.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1656.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of West Akeley.
   
• In the nave of the church is a tablet incribed with the CHESLYN family genealogy.
   
• The General Baptists and the Wesleyan Methodists both had chapels here by 1849. The Baptist Chapel had to close after being flooded in 2000.
   

• The parish was in the Castle Donington subdistrict of the Shardlow registration district.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Diseworth is a large village and was a parish 123 miles north of London, just 3 miles west of Kegworth, 6 miles northwest of Loughborough, and not far from the East Midlands Airport. The parish covered 1,961 acres.

The village sits in the hills in southwest Leicestershire. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the M1 motorway to Kegworth where it crosses the A6 trunk road. Diseworth is just northwest of that intersection.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Diseworth to another place.

• In the 1800s, most of the male residents of the parish were either Framework Knitters or farmers.
   
• William LILLEY, medical doctor and astrologer, was born here in 1602.
   
• David BARNES has a photograph of The Plough Inn on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2006. The Inn dates from 13th century.
   
• Tim GLOVER has a photograph of The Bull and Swan Inn on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2009.
   

• The webpage author could find no mention of a Hall or Manor House in his sources.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK454243 (Lat/Lon: 52.81432, -1.327648), Diseworth 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.

Inserted into the churchyard wall, and fronting on the main road, is a marble tablet to the memory of the men of Diseworth who fell in the Great War, 1914-18.

There are 2 Commonwealth War Gravea in Diseworth churchyard: both from World War One.

The Commonwealth War Graves (data from www.CWGC.org) are for:

• This place was an ancient parish of Leicestershire and a modern Civil Parish as well. It was abolished in 1936.
   
• The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the northern (one source gives "Mid") division of the county.
   
• In April, 1936, the parish was abolished to enlarge Long Whatton Civil Parish.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Diseworth Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2016. You should stop in during open hours and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, Diseworth became part of the Shardlow Poorlaw Union.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Loughborough petty sessional hearings.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	739
1871	493
1881	416
1891	369
1901	383
1911	331
1921	318
1931	345

• A Parochial School was built here in 1862 by subscription and a government grant. Origianaly built for 91 children, it was enlarged in 1898.
   

Ian CALDERWOOD has a photograph of the Diseworth Heritage Centre on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2013. You are welcomed to visit during open hours and discuss your research.