Marefield

• 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 webpage author could find no evidence of a church in Marefield.
   

• Parishioners attended the church in Tilton, so look there for church records.
   

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

Marefield was a village and a township in Tilton parish. It is 12 miles east of Leicester city and 1 mile from Tilton. The parish covers 520 acres.

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

• By automobile, take the B6047 arterial south out of Melton Mowbray. Turn left (east) just before Lowesby village and drive out to Marefield village.
   

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

The parish was prime grazing land for sheep, cattle and goats.

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

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK746079 (Lat/Lon: 52.663694, -0.898401), Marefield 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.

The parish is also recorded in some older records as "South Mardefield".

• Marefield was a township in Tilton parish for centuries.
   
• Marefield became a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish lies in the Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• The citixens of Marefield have decided to forgo a formal Parish Council. Instead, they hold periodic Parish Meetings of the citizens to discuss civic and political issues.
   
• Marefield has district governance via the Harborough District Council.
   

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

Year	Inhabitants
1841	21
1871	23
1881	19
1891	25
1901	19
1911	17
1921	19
1931	21
1961	17