Narborough

The Narborough Library in Station Road is a branch of the Leicester County Council Library System. It is open 4 days each week (verify by phone if you are visiting).  It is a small community-managed library on one level and has wide aisles.

• A public Cemetery was opened here in 1910. The cemetery is just south of King Edward Avenue (the B4114), adjacent to Greystoke Primary School.
   

• The parish was in the Enderby sub-district of the Blaby 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. Volume 4 covers the Enderby subdistrict.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The style is Early Gothic, but the date of construction is unreported.
   
• A nice porch was added in 1860.
   
• The church chancel was rebuilt in 1883 and the rest of the facility was restored.
   
• The church seats 500.
   
• The churchyard was closed to new burials in June, 1910.
   
• Ashley DACE has a photograph of All Saint Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2010.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Church tower on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of All Saints Church porch and the tower on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2017.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1599.
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (first portion).
   
• The Congregationalists had a chapel founded in 1662 and built here in 1763 on School Lane near the Blaby Council offices.
   
• Timothy HEATON has a photograph of the Congregational Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
   
• Visit the Congregationalist website for more information on this church.
   
• Timothy HEATON also has a photograph of the Catholic Church of St. Pius X on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
   
• The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Pius X has its own Website and is located at 52 Leicester Road.
   

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

Narborough is a large village, a township and a parish which sits about 5 miles southwest of Leicester city, 9 miles northeast of Lutterworth and 100 miles north of London. The parish covers 1,636 acres and sits on the west bank of The River Soar.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B4114 arterial road southwest out of Leicester city. This road runs through the heart of Narborough.
   
• The M! motorway passes through the eastern edge of the parish.
   
• Richard VINCE has a photograph of an Arriva Bus on Leicester Road on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2010.
   
• Passenger rail service came to the parish in 1864 and ceased in 1968. The station re-opened to passengers in 1970.
   
• Nigel THOMPSON provides a photograph of the Narborough railway station on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
   
• You can hire the Parish Centre for family re-unions.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• A Parish Feast was held on the Sunday following November 1st. 
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Narborough Arms on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016. Alternately known as the Narborough Inn. 
   
• These are the proprietors or the Narborough Arms in various diectories:

• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Dovecote Public Hounse in Coventry Road on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016. 
   
• We haven't found a photograph of the Bell Public Hosue yet, but these are the proprietors given in various diectories:

• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the Copt Oak Public House in Hardwicke Road on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2006. 
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Plough Inn on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2016. The Plough Inn is in Littlethorpe.

• Narborough Hall, or Narborough House, is a Grade II* listed building.
   
• The Hall was likely built in 1596 by James MEADE (1555–1616).
   
• It was the residence of George BELAIRS in 1849.
   
• However it wasn’t until it was extensively remodelled in the mid-19th century that it became known as Narborough Hall (it was built using the local pink granite).
   
• Timothy HEATON has a photograph of Narborough Hall on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
   
• Several downstairs rooms have been converted to a shop. They have an online website.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP537976 (Lat/Lon: 52.573577, -1.209059), Narborough 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 Leicesershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum was in this parish. Built in 1904-07 of red brick with stone dressings, the asylum grounds covered 186 acres and the buildings could house 688 patients. This building replaced an earlier structure out by the racecourse.
   
• The institution became known as the Carlton Hayes Hospital in 1939.
   
• The hospital became part of the National Health Service in 1948.
   
• Some indexes and patient records are at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office. You may search the National Archives to see what you can access online.
   

• The War Memorial stands in the southern point of the public cemetery, just off Church Lane. The Memorial is a stone cross, the base of which bears names of the men who gave their lives in the Great War; 1914-1918
   
• Timothy HEATON has a photograph of the War Memorial in the cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2011.
   
• Inside All Saints Church, there is a Roll of Honour for World War One in red and black ink, in wooden frame, mounted on the wall.
   
• Also inside of All Saints Church, there is the Baptistry in the SW corner of the South aisle of the church. It contains the font and the case holding the Book of Remembrance (WMP2134), as well as a framed dedicationary poster in the corner and a Roll of Honour (WMP2140).
   

The War Memorial includes the names of 11 men who perished in WWI and 6 who perished in WWII.

1. Brown, Edwin B.
2. Fawkes, Edward L.
3. Grimes, Bertie E.
4. Haverson, Frank
5. Holman, William J.
6. Jones, John H.
7. Palmer, Cyril
8. Panks, Arthur
9. Powley, Herbert J.
10. Powley, William J.
11. Stuart, Robert S.
12. Turner, Augustus W.
13. Turner, Harry
14. Twiddy, Arthur G.
15. Twiddy, Ernest E.
16. Wiseman, Wilfred J.
17. Wright, James D.

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred (or Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
   
• In March, 1885, this parish was reduced to enlarge Cosby Civil Parish.
   
• In April, 1935, this parish was enlarged by gaining 174 acres from Cosby Civil Parish.
   
• On the same date above, this parish gave up 236 acres to Lubbesthorpe Civil Parish.
   
• You may contact the local Narborough Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT funded to provide family history lookups for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Blaby District Council (with similar restrictions).
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Leicester petty session hearings.
   
• Mrs. Ann BINGLEY's charity of £30 (year uncertain) for poor parishoners.
   
• Mr. Steven BUCKINGHAM's chairty of £5 left in 1840 was left for poor persons, members of the church.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Blaby Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	791
1841	904
1851	842
1861	716
1871	753
1881	884
1891	873
1901	902
1911	1,839
1921	1,847
1931	2,245
1951	3,460
1961	3,479

• The Misses CARTER ran a boarding school here in 1849.
   
• The misters WILLS and HOWARD ran a very respected Boarding School here in 1861.
   
• The National and Sunday Schools were re-erected in 1872.
   
• A Public Elementary School was built in 1872 for 104 children and 70 infants.