Arnesby

• The parish was in the Lutterworth sub-district of the Lutterworth 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 18 covers the part of the Lutterworth District which includes Arnesby.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

Census Year	Piece No.
1861	R.G. 9 / 2244
1871	R.G. 10 / 3220
1891	R.G. 12 / 2489

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
   
• It is not known when the church was constructed, certainly it was before 1624, but likely early 12th century.
   
• The church was partially restored in 1868.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
   
• The church seats 250.
   
• Tim GLOVER has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2013.
   
• Ian ROB also has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2012.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1649.
   
• The Society of Genealogists holds extracts only of the parish records between 1586 and 1640.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (third portion).
   
• The Particular Baptists founded a chapel here in 1702 and rebuilt it in 1799.
   

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

Arnesby is a parish and a village in Leicestershire. It is about 90 miles north of London, 8 miles south-west of Leicester city and 8 miles north-east of Lutterworth. The parish covers 1,415 acres, most of which is pasturage.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A50 trunk road south out of Leicester city for about 8 miles. The road skirts the eastern edge of the village.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

The Reverend Robert HALL, an eminent Nonconformist preacher and writer, was born here, 2nd May, 1764.

Jill EVERINGTON has a photograph of the Mill Entrance on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2007. The windmill is a popular tourist attraction in the parish.

The village holds a May Fayre, on the second bank holiday each May.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP616924 (Lat/Lon: 52.526, -1.093469), Arnesby 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 War Memorial is in the churchyard. It is a Celtic-style wheel cross with a heavily carved front face on a three-tiered plinth with leaded lettering.

There are four names listed on the War Memorial:

• The name of the parish (village) has appeared under a variety of spellings: Arnesby, Arnesbey, Arnsby, etc.
   

• Most of the men in the parish were employed in the manufacture of hosiery.
   
• The land in the parish was mostly used for grazing.
   

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish is in the ancient Guthlaxton Hundred in the southern division of the county.
   
• The Parish Council was established in 1894.
   
• You may contact the Arnesby Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT funded to perform family history searches for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Lutterworth petty session hearings on alternate Thursdays.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Lutterworth Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	321
1821	459
1841	505
1871	478
1881	421
1901	402
1911	354
1921	273

• The Public Elementary School was built in 1859 for 100 children.