Allexton

Tim HEATON has a photograph of St. Peter's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2018.

• 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 and Volume 11 covers the Billesden Sub-District which includes Allexton.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1861	R.G. 9 / 2253
1871	R.G. 10 / 3227
1891	R.G. 12 / 2494

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Peter.
   
• The church was built in Norman times in the 12th century.
   
• The church tower is very old and covered in ivy.
   
• The church was thoroughly restored in 1863.
   
• This church seats 80.
   
• Alex TATLOW has a photograph of St Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2007.
   
• Tim GLOVER also has a photograph of Allexton Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 1999.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1636 for baptisms; 1792 for marriages; and 1636 for burials.
   
• The Anglican parish register pages for 1714 to 1792 are missing.
   
• 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.
   

Allexton is a village and a parish on the eastern boundary of Leicestershire just south of the county boundary with Rutland (via the Eye Brook). Across the Eye Brook is Belton-in-Rutland. The A47 also runs east-west between the villages. The parish is 4 miles northeast of Hallaton, 3.5 miles west of Uppingham and 15 miles east of Leicester city. The parish covers 1,027 acres.

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

• By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester city to Allexton.
   
• Alternatively, take the A47 west out of Peterborough.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2013.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Allexton Hall was partially taken down and considerably altered around 1850, but it was rebuilt in 1902.
   
• Lady Brocklebank lived in Allexton Hall in 1912.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK818004 (Lat/Lon: 52.595249, -0.793821), Allexton 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 name "Allexton" is the currently accepted spelling, but you will find many records filed under the spelling: "Alexton".
   

• The parish lies in the East Goscote Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• This parish was formed as a Civil Parish in 1927.
   
• This parish was abolished as a Civil Parish in 1961.
   
• The residents of this parish have elected to forgo a formal parish council and instead they have periodic Parish Meetings to discuss civic and political issues.
   

• 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.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	81
1871	69
1881	48
1891	64
1901	66
1911	46
1921	56
1931	45
1951	58
1961	43
2001	58

• The children of this parish attended school in Belton-in-Rutland.