Loddington

• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon 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 was dedicated to St. Michael (this could be "St Michael and All Angels").
   
• The church was built in Norman times.
   
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1859.
   
• There is an ancient cross in the churchyard.
   
• This church seats 200.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of St Michael and All Angels on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2006.
   
• Mat FASCIONE also has a photograph of The Parish Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1554.
   
• The church was in the rural Gartree deanery (third portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
   

Loddington is a village and a parish on the eastern boundary of Leicestershire, about 1.5 miles north of East Norton and 15 miles south-east of Leicester city. The parish is on the border with Rutland county and covers 1,873 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester city to Skeffington. Turn south (right) and drive down to Loddington village.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Loddington sign on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2007. Perhaps you could crete a more artistic and historical sign for the village.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

In 1925, nearly all the parish was pasturage.

• Loddington Hall is a mansion in the Elizabethan style and was the property of the Earl of Morton.
   
• David STOWELL has a photograph of the drive to Loddington Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK789023 (Lat/Lon: 52.612754, -0.836171), Loddington 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.

In 1920 a brass tablet was placed in the parish church inscribed with the names of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War.

• This place was an "ancient parish" in the county of Leicestershire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish lies in the East Goscote Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
   

• 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 on the first Friday of each month.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	130
1841	137
1871	166
1881	147
1891	123
1901	118
1911	128
1921	99
1931	64
1961	93

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1872 to hold 45 children.