Withcote

• The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district 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:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1841	H.O. 107 / 588
1871	R.G. 10 / 3228
1891	R.G. 12 / 2494

• The Anglican parish church (chapel, actually) had not been dedicated (by 1881).
   
• The church dates from about 1560, but has no tower or steeple.
   
• The church seats 80.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of the chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
   
• The church is now in the Churches Conservation Trust.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1679.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
   

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

Withcote is a village and a parish which lie 96 miles north of London, about 15 miles east of Leicester city and 5 miles southwest of Oakham. The parish borders Rutland County on the east side. The parish covers 747 acres, most of which was pasture for sheep and cattle.

There is no village as such, just a few houses. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, head south-west out of Oakham for about 5 miles. The parish is just south of Cold Overton.
   
• Mat FASCIONE provides a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2007.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Nearly all the land in the parish was used for pasture.
   
• Sanvey castle used to stand in this parish, but there are no structural remains. Only a mound and moat remained.
   

• Withcote Hall lies in a valley. It was the residence of Lieut.-Col. Frederick PALMER, who was lord of the manor, in 1881.
   
• Stephen POINTER has a photograph of Withcote Hall on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of WIthcote Lodge just southeast of the village on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK795061 (Lat/Lon: 52.646821, -0.826398), Withcote 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.

• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of a World War II pillbox type FW3/22 on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2006.
   

• The parish is in the ancient Framland Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
   
• In April, 1936, the parish of Withcote was enlarged by 1,729 acres with the abolishment of Cold Overton Civil Parish.
   
• District governance is provided by 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
1801	52
1811	50
1821	51
1831	32
1841	30
1851	40
1891	44
1901	49

• The children of this parish attended school in Knossington parish.