Scraptoft

• 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 All Saints.
   
• The church was built prior to 1616.
   
• The masonry includes 13th-century work of ironstone cobbles with limestone dressings and later work of sandstone, limestone ashlar, and Mountsorrel granite.
   
• The south aisle was largely rebuilt in the later 15th century.
   
• The church was restored in 1867.
   
• The church interior was restored in 1901 and the porches renovated in 1903-04.
   
• This church seats 130.
   
• Tim GLOVER has a photograph of All Saint Church on Geo-grpah, taken in May, 2014.
   
• Richard VINCE has a lovely photograph of All Saint Church in the sun on Geo-grpah, taken in October, 2012.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Preaching Cross in the churchyard on Geo-grpah, taken in January, 2011.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
   
• The church was in the rural Goscote deanery (first division).
   

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

Scraptoft was a village and a parish just on the northeast edge of the Leicester city conurbation. It is 4 miles northeast of the Leicester city centre and and 1 miles north of Thurnby. The parish covers 1,712 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries. But the village has grown considerably since World War II. If you are planning a visit:

• There is a golf course just north of the village. Info is at the Scraptoft Golf Course web page.
   
• By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester city and turn north at Thurnby and proceed to Scraptoft village.
   
• The railway line from Belgrave Road Station, Leicester, to Melton Mowbray touches Scraptoft parish in the south-east. There is no direct passenger service by rail.
   
• Mat FASCIONE provides a photograph of the Village sign on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

By the 1930's the western part of the ancient parish was rapidly becoming part of the suburbs of Leicester. The White House Hotel, in Scraptoft Lane, formerly a private house, was erected in 1928.

Stephen SWEENEY has a photograph of the White House Inn on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2016.

• Scraptoft Hall is a stone mansion and was the residence of Alexander C. BARCLAY in 1881.
   
• Mat FASCIONE provides a photograph of Scraptoft Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK646056 (Lat/Lon: 52.644209, -1.046104), Scraptoft 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.

Scraptoft Local Nature Reserve (LNR), on the Beeby Road to the north-east of Scraptoft village, was once a prisoner of war camp.

You can read about the Lancaster crash at Scraptoft to see one young person's World War II experience.

The Memorial Homes for Disabled Leicestershire Ex-servicemen in Hamilton Road, opened in 1957. They consist of a central two-storied block of 9 houses, and 4 bungalows

Scraptoft was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Scrapentot".

• The parish lies in the Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• You may confer with the local Parish Council regarding civic or poiltical issues, but they will not assist with family history questions.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

• The parish's Common Lands were inclosed early in the 16th century.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	107
1811	110
1821	126
1831	126
1841	89
1851	120
1871	86
1881	120
1891	90
1901	116
1911	113
1921	153
1931	424
1951	1,075
1961	9,524

• The children of this place attended school in Thurnby.
   
• In 1958 the Scraptoft Valley Junior and Infants' School was opened to serve the northern part of a new housing estate.
   
• Hamilton School was opened in 1959 as a secondary modern school but was re-organized in 1960 as a 'high school'.