Gopsall

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth 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 only church in the parish appears to be the chapel in the Manor Hall.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John.
   
• The church was restored in 1866.
   
• The church seats 160.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1635.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (third portion).
   
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1892.
   

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

Gopsall is a parish which lies in the Wold Hills about 115 miles north of London, 6 miles north-west of Market Bosworth and 2 miles west of Shackerstone. The parish covers about 729 acres (but was once much smaller) and includes the hamlet of Brascote.

There is no village as such, just a scattering of houses and the Hall. If you are planning a visit:

• Check with the tourist office in Market Bosworth for directions. Ask for directions to "Gopsall Hall".
   

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

• Stilton cheese was made in this parish.
   
• Many of the inhabitants of this parish were graziers.
   

• Gopsall Park was the seat of the Earl HOWE.
   
• Gopsall Park was a large building built in 1750 at a cost of more than £100,000 and set in 600 acres.
   
• The hall was designed by a local architect John WESTLEY and was built by Hirons of Warwick.
   
• It was at Gopsall Park that Handel composed the "Messiah" in 1741-42.
   
• Queen Adelaide was a frequent visitor at the house during her widowhood.
   
• During the Second World War, the hall was taken over by the Royal Army.
   
• By 1952 most of the buildings were demolished.
   
• Saxelby Park in this parish was the property of Charles Wm. WRIGHT, J.P. in 1912.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK354065 (Lat/Lon: 52.655078, -1.478121), Gopsall 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.

See the War Memorial at Congerstone.

In ancient times, this place was known as Gopeshull. In the 1086 Domesday Book it was referred to as Gopeshill.

• For centuries, this place was an extra-parochial area. In 1858 it was made a Civil Parish.
   
• The parish is in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
   
• The parish has also been reported to be in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred.
   
• In April, 1935, this parish was abolished and merged into Twycross Civil Parish.
   
• The people are represented by the Twycross Parish Council. You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are not staffed to assist with family history research.
   
• The district council is Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council.
   

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

Year	Inhabitants
1801	4
1841	7
1851	41
1871	76
1881	24
1891	25
1901	22
1911	35
1921	14
1931	13

• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1867 to hold 46 children. Average attendance in 1911 was 39..