Seagrave

• A small cemetery of half an acre was consecrated here in 1889 and was managed by a Burial Board in the Parish Council.
   

Alan MURRAY-RUST has photographs of gravestones in the churchyard:

1. Mary SHARP, died 1699
2. William JOHNSON (died 1695) and Anne his wife (died 1724)

• The parish was in the Barrow upon Soar sub-district of the Barrow upon Soar 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 13 covers the Barrow on Soar sub-district.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The church was built before 1595.
   
• The church was restored in 1858.
   
• The church was restored in 1891 and partially rebuilt.
   
• The church was provided with an organ in 1905.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• Graham TAYLOR has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1682, but early years are in poor condition.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (second portion).
   
• The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1845.
   

• The parish was in the Barrow upon Soar sub-district of the Barrow upon Soar Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
   

Seagrave is a town and a parish about 6 miles east of Loughborough, 9 miles north of Leicester city and 112 miles north of London. The village sits east of the River Soar next to a rivulet (The Berry Brook) that empties into that river. The ancient Roman Fosseway (now the A46) skirts the parish on the east side. The parish covers about 2,515 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A46 north out of Leicester. Just past the Ratcliffe on Wreake round-about, there is a turn off for the Seagrave-Thrussington road. Take that road to the left (west) to get to Seagrave.
   
• Stop in at the White Horse Inn for refreshments or lodging.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the village sign on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
   
• Graham TAYLOR has a close-up of the very same village sign on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011. Stop in and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

Gilbert de Segrave of Segrave, was High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1193.

Gilbert (above) was the father of Stephen de Segrave (c. 1171 – 1241) Chief Justiciar of England.

• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the White Horse Inn on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
   
• The Inn was the "Old White Horse" in 1881 and the proprietor was William HUDSON.
   

• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Seagrave Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK619176 (Lat/Lon: 52.752478, -1.084331), Seagrave 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 parish has a War Memorial for World War I which was raised in 1921 on Green Lane. Alan MURRYA-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
   
• Mat FASCIONE also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.
   
• There are two Commonwealth War Graves in the churchyard burial ground for World War II.
   

• This place is in the 1086 Domesday Book where it is listed as "Segrave", amongst the lands given to Henry de Ferrers by the King. The land consisted of work for 1 plough and four acres of meadow.
   

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicestershire and became a Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred in the eastern division of the county.
   
• You can find The Seagrave Parish Council information online, but they will NOT assist with family history questions or lookups. This site will have about a year's worth of the Seagrave Parish Magazine you can download.
   
• District governance is provided by the Charnwood Borough Council.
   

• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1760.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Poorlaw Union.
   
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Loughborough petty session hearings.
   
• John HICKLIN (undated) left a charity of 10 shillings for poor widows.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1841	451
1871	412
1881	360
1891	325
1901	311
1911	396
1921	386
1931	351
1951	329

• A small National School was built in 1820.
   
• A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875.
   
• A Public Elementary School was built in 1877 to hold 64 children.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village School on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
   
• Seagrave Primary School has a school website, but no history or old school records.