Market Bosworth Registration District

MARKET BOSWORTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Leicestershire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Hinckley, Leicestershire Central, and Coalville registration districts).
Sub-districts : Ibstock, Market Bosworth.
GRO volumes : XV (1837–51), 7a (1852–1946), 3A (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Leicestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Market Bosworth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Atterton	Leicestershire	1932	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Witherley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Bagworth	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (o).
Barlestone	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Barton in the Beans	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Shackerstone.
Bilstone	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Shackerstone.
Cadeby	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Carlton	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Congerstone	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Shackerstone.
Dadlington	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sutton Cheney.
Desford	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (q).
Fenny Drayton	Leicestershire	1932	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Witherley, Hartshill, Mancetter, and Caldecote. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (g).
Gopsall	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Twycross.
Groby	Leicestershire	1896	1974	Created 1.4.1896 out of the parish of Ratby. See also Table 2, notes (k), (n) and (q).
Higham on the Hill	Leicestershire	1949	1974	See Table 2, notes (m) and (p).
Ibstock	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (i), (l) and (o).
Kirkby Mallory	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Glenfields and Newbold Vardon.
Market Bosworth	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Markfield	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (d), (j) and (o).
Nailstone	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Newbold Verdon	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Norton juxta Twycross	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Twycross. See also Table 2, note (a).
Odstone	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Shackerstone.
Orton on the Hill	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Twycross. See also Table 2, note (c).
Osbaston	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Peckleton	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Ratby	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (q).
Ratcliffe Culey	Leicestershire	1932	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Witherley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Shackerstone	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Sheepy	Leicestershire	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Sheepy Magna, Sibson, Upton, and Sheepy Parva. See also Table 2, note (p).
Sheepy Magna	Leicestershire	1932	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sheepy. See also Table 2, note (f).
Sheepy Parva	Leicestershire	1932	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sheepy. See also Table 2, note (f).
Shenton	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sutton Cheney.
Sibson	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sheepy.
Stanton under Barrow	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Markfield.
Stapleton	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Peckleton.
Sutton Cheney	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Thornton	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Bagworth.
Twycross	Leicestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (p).
Upton	Leicestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sheepy.
Witherley	Leicestershire	1932	1974	See Table 2, notes (f), (h) and (p).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Market Bosworth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
11.12.1880	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Norton juxta Twycross (which until 11.12.1880 formed a detached part of the parish of Merevale) from Atherstone registration district.	2 in 1881
24.3.1884	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Markfield (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Newtown Linford, including Copt Oak) from Barrow upon Soar registration district.	11 in 1891
25.3.1885	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Orton on the Hill (which until 25.3.1885 formed the Leicestershire part of the parish of Merevale) from Atherstone registration district.	28 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Markfield (which became part of the parish of Charley on 25.3.1885) to Loughborough registration district.	65 in 1891
1.11.1904	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Ratby (which until 1.10.1904 formed part of the parish of Kirby Muxloe) from Blaby registration district.	78 in 1901
1.4.1932	(f)	Gained the parishes of Atterton, Fenny Drayton, Ratcliffe Culey, Sheepy Magna, Sheepey Parva, and Witherley, from Atherstone registration district.	1338 in 1931
1.4.1935	(g)	Lost parts of the parish of Fenny Drayton (which became parts of the parishes of Caldecote, Hartshill, and Mancetter, on 1.4.1935) to Atherstone registration district.
1.4.1935	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Witherley (which became part of the parish of Mancetter on 1.4.1935) to Atherstone registration district.
1.10.1949	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Ibstock (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Heather and Hugglescote & Donington) from Ashby de la Zouch registration district.	48 in 1931
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Markfield (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Bardon) from Ashby de la Zouch registration district.	1 in 1931
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Groby (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Newtown Linford) from Barrow upon Soar registration district.	0 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Ibstock (which became part of the parish of Coalville on 1.4.1936) to Coalville registration district.	76 in 1931
	(m)	Gained the parish of Higham on the Hill from Hinckley registration district.	581 in 1931
	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Groby (which became part of the parish of Newtown Linford on 1.4.1935) to Leicestershire Central registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(o)	Lost the parishes of Bagworth, Ibstock, and Markfield, to Coalville registration district.	9397 in 1971
	(p)	Lost the parishes of Barlestone, Cadeby, Carlton, Higham on the Hill, Market Bosworth, Nailstone, Newbold Verdon, Osbaston, Peckleton, Shackerstone, Sheepy, Sutton Cheney, Twycross, and Witherley, to Hinckley registration district.	13282 in 1971
	(q)	Lost the parishes of Desford, Groby, and Ratby, to Leicestershire Central registration district.	9543 in 1971

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