Goadby

• This parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
   
• The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society have indexed the 1851 Census for Leicestershire. 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 is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
   
• The church was built in the 13th century (about 1215) just to the east of the village.
   
• The church was restored in 1854.
   
• The church was restored again in 1899 and once more in 1931.
   
• The church steeple has been struck by lkightning at least twice in recent decades.
   
• The church was renovated in 2009.
   
• The church seats 130.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of St. John's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from the year 1700.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Gartree third portion).
   

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

Goadby is a village, a township and a parish 3 miles north of Hallaton, 9 miles north of Market Harborough and 12 miles south-east of Leicester city. The parish covers 961 acres.

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

• The land in the parish was typically given over to pasture.
   
• Every year, the parish holds a fundraiser for the church's maintenance on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday.
   

• In 1912 Mrs. Rebecca BENNETT lived in the Manor House.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP751987 (Lat/Lon: 52.580935, -0.893097), Goadby 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.

• "Goadby" is from the Old Scandanavian. It is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Goutebi"
   

• This place was an ancient Chapelry in Billesdon parish in Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
   
• The parish has a small population and a formal Parish Council isn't needed. The citizens have periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civic or political issues.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council. They are not staffed to assist you with family searches, but you can discuss civic or regional issues with them.
   

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty session hearings the first Friday of each month.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	122
1871	126
1881	103
1891	83
1901	74
1911	62

• A Public Elementary School was built here circa 1849 to hold 30 children.