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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Thurmaston St Michael is an Ecclesiastical Parish which was formed in 1794 from a chapelry in [[Belgrave, | Thurmaston St Michael is an Ecclesiastical Parish which was formed in 1794 from a chapelry in [[Belgrave, Leicestershire]] Ancient Parish combined with South Thurmaston chapelry. <br> | ||
THURMASTON, NORTH, a chapelry, partly in the parish of Barkby, and partly in that of Belgrave, union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Leicester; containing 251 inhabitants. Petty-sessions for the hundred are held here. The walls of the ancient chapel, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, are still remaining. | THURMASTON, NORTH, a chapelry, partly in the parish of Barkby, and partly in that of Belgrave, union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Leicester; containing 251 inhabitants. Petty-sessions for the hundred are held here. The walls of the ancient chapel, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, are still remaining. | ||
THURMASTON, SOUTH, a chapelry, in the parish of Belgrave, union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Leicester; containing 978 inhabitants. The Leicester canal joins the MeltonMowbray canal near the village, which is also intersected by the Roman fosse-way. The chapelry comprises 1100 acres of land; the soil is in general light, and the substratum loam, gravel, and clay. In consequence of a benefaction of £200 by Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, and the surrender of £22 per annum by the vicar of Belgrave, the chapelry was severed from Belgrave in 1798: the patronage of the living, a perpetual curacy, belongs to the Pochin family, and the income is £100. A tithe-farm of 140 acres belongs to the see of Lichfield. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael, and contains many old monuments to the Simons family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The most ancient Roman milliarium known in Britain was found here; it is 3½ feet high, and 7½ inches in circumference, and now stands on a pillar in Leicester. | THURMASTON, SOUTH, a chapelry, in the parish of Belgrave, union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Leicester; containing 978 inhabitants. The Leicester canal joins the MeltonMowbray canal near the village, which is also intersected by the Roman fosse-way. The chapelry comprises 1100 acres of land; the soil is in general light, and the substratum loam, gravel, and clay. In consequence of a benefaction of £200 by Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, and the surrender of £22 per annum by the vicar of Belgrave, the chapelry was severed from Belgrave in 1798: the patronage of the living, a perpetual curacy, belongs to the Pochin family, and the income is £100. A tithe-farm of 140 acres belongs to the see of Lichfield. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael, and contains many old monuments to the Simons family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The most ancient Roman milliarium known in Britain was found here; it is 3½ feet high, and 7½ inches in circumference, and now stands on a pillar in Leicester. | ||
From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 351-355. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51342 Date accessed: 18 May 2011.<br> | From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 351-355. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51342 Date accessed: 18 May 2011.<br> | ||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thurmaston like this: | In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thurmaston like this: | ||
THURMASTON, a parochial chapelry, with a village, in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire; on the river Soar, 1¼ mile SSW of Syston r. station, and 3½ NNE of Leicester. It comprises North T. township in Barkby parish, and South T. township in Belgrave parish; and it has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £5,748. Pop., 1,102. Houses, 238. The manor belongs to W. A. Pochin and T. Allen, Esqs. Framework-knitting is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £106.Patron, the Rev. E. W. Woodcock. The church was recently rebuilt. There are two Methodist chapels, and a national school.<br><br> | THURMASTON, a parochial chapelry, with a village, in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire; on the river Soar, 1¼ mile SSW of Syston r. station, and 3½ NNE of Leicester. It comprises North T. township in Barkby parish, and South T. township in Belgrave parish; and it has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £5,748. Pop., 1,102. Houses, 238. The manor belongs to W. A. Pochin and T. Allen, Esqs. Framework-knitting is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £106.Patron, the Rev. E. W. Woodcock. The church was recently rebuilt. There are two Methodist chapels, and a national school.<br><br> | ||