Mowsley

Ian ROB provides a photograph of Mowsley Church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014. You can just see the tops of the gravestones over the wall.

• The parish was in the Market Harborough sub-district of the Market Harborough 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 original chapel was built here circa 1250.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
   
• The church was partially restored in 1882.
   
• The church seats 130.
   
• Richard WILLIAMS has a photograph of The Church at Mowsley on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.
   
• Ian ROB also has a photograph of St. Nicholas Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1660 for baptisms and burials; marriages from 1704.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
   
• The Congregationalists built a chapel here in 1830.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here prior to 1871.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of the former Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2006.
   

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

Mowsley is a parish, a township and a village in Leicestershire. It is about 90 miles north of London and 6 miles west of Market Harborough. The parish covers 1,710 acres.

The village sits atop a plateau that is just about the highest point for miles around. Surrounded by beautiful countryside and quiet lanes it is an ideal place from which to take a quiet stroll or ride. If you are planning a visit:

• The Grand Union Canal runs through the south portion of the parish.
   
• John LACEY has authored or co-authored books on the history of Mowsley Village and Mowsley Church. Copies were provided to all households in Mowsley Parish. Check the local library for a copy.
   
• By automobile, take the A50 trunk road south out of Leicester city for about 12 miles. The village will be just off to the left.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

Richard WILLIAMS provides a photograph of the Staff of Life Inn on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007.

• Mowsley had two manors in 1086.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP647891 (Lat/Lon: 52.495979, -1.048424), Mowsley 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.

• Most of the parish was grazing land.
   

• Mowsley was for centuries only a chapelry in Knaptoft parish. In 1866, it was formed as a separate Civil Parish.
   
• The parish is in the ancient Gartree Hundred in the southern division of the county.
   
• The citizens of Mowsley have elected to forgo a formal parish council and, instead, hold periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civic and political issues.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

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

Year	Inhabitants
1801	248
1811	229
1821	263
1831	283
1841	267
1851	263
1861	241
1871	239
1881	208
1901	168
1971	162
2001	212

• The Public Elementary School was built before 1911 for 40 children.
   
• There is a photo of the village school at the Parish Meeting web page.
   
• The school has no website at present. For inquiries, tele: 0116 2402464.