Gilmorton

• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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 Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 598
1861	R.G. 9 / 2245
1871	R.G. 10 / 3221 & 3222
1891	R.G. 12 / 2489

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The church dates from before the 17th century.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1860.
   
• A clock was added to the tower in 1882.
   
• The church spire was damaged by storms in 1883-84 and was partially rebuilt in 1885. It was entirely rebuilt in 1909.
   
• The church seats 430 (one source tells us 450).
   
• In 1898 a new Lych Gate was built at the north entrance to the churchyard.
   
• Ian ROB has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1611.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
   
• A Congregationalist chapel was built here in 1872.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth Registration District.
   

Gilmorton is a village and civil parish in the southern hills of Leicestershire, England. The parish lies 97 miles north of London, 12 miles south of Leicester city and 5 miles east of Ullesthorpe parish. The parish covers just over 2,470 acres and includes the hamlet of Cotes de Val.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A426 trunk road south out of Leicester and turn west (left) after Dunton Bassett.
   
• Alex McGREGOR has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2014. You could offer a more artistic and historic sign while you are visiting..
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• In the 1800s most of the workers here were frame-work knitters.
   
• Tim GLOVER has a photograph of the Red Lion Inn on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2013.
   
• These are the names associated with The Red Lion in various directories:
   

• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of The Crown Inn on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2008.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP570879 (Lat/Lon: 52.48605, -1.162032), Gilmorton 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.

There is a single Commonwealth War Grave in All Saints churchyard for World War II.

The Commonwealth War Grave (data from www.CWGC.org) is for:

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
   
• The parish received about 300 acres from Kimcott parish in 1877 by Local Governmet Order.
   
• You may contact the Gilmorton Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but plese do NOT ask them to help with your family history search.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lutterworth petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	866
1871	739
1881	644
1891	534
1901	512
1911	464
1921	467
1931	481
1951	454
1961	432

• The Public Elementary School was endowed for 20 children and built in 1860 to hold 108 children.