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Eastwell Village Map

 

 Eastwell

Eastwell

Extract from John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, 1795

 

In antient writings called Estevell, Estwell, Estewelle, &c. with divers variations in orthography, but not in sound or sense, is a small but pleasant village, situated upon the hill, in the road from Belvoir castle to Melton Mowbray, is about seven miles from the latter place, and five from the former. It is old inclosure, and contains 1291 acres of land, far the greater of which is grazed.

Eastwell was held, in the time of Edward the Confessor, by Leuric the son of Leuin, with the privileges of sac and soc ; and at the time of the general survey was returned as a member of the manor of Melton, then held by Goissrid de Wrice, containing six ploughlands and 10 acres of meadow1.
Aschil held under the king, at the survey, five ploughlands and two oxgangs in Eastwell, which was capable of employing four ploughs. One plough was held in demesne ; and seven villans, with three borders, had three ploughs. There were twenty acres of meadow. The annual value continued at twenty-four shillings, the same as it had been under Edward the Confessor.
In the ecclesiastical division of the county it is in the deanry of Framland.

 

1 Domesday, p.235. b. col 2. See the original return under Melton.

 

Extract from The Parliamentary Gazetteer
of
England and Wales (1840 - 1843)

Eastwell, a parish in the hund. of Framland, union of Melton-Mowbray, county of Leicseter ; 7 miles north east by north of Melton-Mowbray. Living, a rectory, formerly in the the archd. Of Leicester and dio of Lincoln, now in the dio. Of Peterborough ; rated at £9 12s. 1d., returned at £122 16s. 6d. ; gross income £374. Patron, the Lord-chancellor. Here are a Roman catholic chapel, and 3 daily schools. Charities, in 1836, £1, and a cottage inhabited by a pauper. Poor rates, in 1838, £47 11s. Acres 1,370. Houses 24. A. P. £2,026. Pop., In 1801, 107 ; in 1831, 125.

 

Extract from White's Leicester and Rutland Directory, 1877

EASTWELL, a small village and parish, in Framland hundred, on a bold southern declivity, near the chief source of the river Deven, 8 miles N.N.E. of Melton Mowbray, in that Union and County Court District, contained 159 inhabitants in 1871, living in 32 houses, on 1346 acres of land. The soil is a clay in the lower grounds, and a red marl on the hills. The manor was held by the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, and other families, and was purchased by Rowland Eyre in 1631, whose family reside at the Hall. The parish, except 9 acres reserved for the Roman Catholic priest, was purchased of the Eyres by the Duke of Rutland in 1797, but the Earl of Dysart is lord paramount. The CHURCH (St. Michael) has a nave, chancel, side-aisles, south porch, and a tower, containing two bells. It was re-seated and thoroughly restored in 1861, by the rector, and contains 60 sittings, all of which are free. In the south aisle are a locker, a piscina, and brackets. In the chancel is an effigy of a priest reclining at full length, and is thought to be of the 14th century. The Register dates from 1592, and the chalice bears the date 1681. The living, a rectory, valued in K.B. at £9 12s. ld., and now at £400, having 40 acres of glebe, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Bullen, who has a handsome residence, which was rebuilt in 1837 at a cost of £1000. Here is a ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL, built in 1797, by the Duke of Rutland, in lieu of one at the Hall, which was destroyed after his Grace purchased the estate. Attached to it is a commodious residence for the priest, but the school in connection with it, erected in 1838, by the late Canon Joseph Bick, a former priest, was discontinued in 1874. John Exon left property worth £20 a year to the Roman Catholic Bishop of the district, to be applied as he thinks fit.

POST OFFICE at Mr. William Henry Gilian's. Letters are received at 8.30 a.m., and despatched at 5.15 p.m., via Melton Mowbray, but Harby is the nearest Money Order Office.

Bullen Rev. Edwd. rector, The Rectory
Gilian Miss Fanny, dressmaker
Gillian Wm. Hy. grazier & postmaster
Goodson Thomas, farmer and grazier

Holmes Edward, grocer and grazier
Hubbersty Rev Nathan, M.A. The Hall
Jackson William, farmer
Miller William, farmer and grazier

Swain Mrs Ann, farmer and grazier
Turner Martin, farmer and grazier
Walker Samuel, farmer and grazier
White William, parish clerk

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, and Derbyshire1881

 EASTWELL is a pleasant village and parish, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Framland, Melton Mowbray union and county court district, rural deanery of Framland second portion, archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough, 7 miles north by east from Melton Mowbray station and 120 from London by rail, situate among the Wold hills. Here is one of the headsprings of the river Devon. Ironstone has been found in the parish. The church of St. Michael is a small building in the Early English style, with chancel, nave, aisles and square western tower containing 2 bells, and was re-seated in 1861 by the present vicar. The register dates from the year 1691. The living is a rectory, yearly value £400, with residence and 36 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held by the Rev. Edward Bullen S.C.L. of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. A Catholic chapel was erected here in 1798 ; there was formerly one at the Hall, but when the estate was sold to the Duke of Rutland it was destroyed. The Earl of Dysart is lord paramount of the manor, and the Duke of Rutland a lord of the manor and owner of most of the the land. The soil is heavy ; subsoil stiff clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, roots and grass. The area is 1,326 acres ; rateable value, £1,858 ; the population in 1881 was 163.
Parish Clerk, Thomas White.

POST OFFICE.- William Henry Gillian, receiver. Letters arrive through the Melton Mowbray office at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.15 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Waltham
A Mixed School has been erected for the accommodation of 30 children, at the sole expense of the Duke of Rutland, & is to be supported by voluntary contributions ; Mrs. Clews, mistress

Black Edwin, The Hall
Bullen Rev. Edward S.C.L. Rectory
OpBroek Rev. Albert [Catholic]

Black Edwin, farmer
Goodson Thomas, farmer & grazier
Holmes Edward, farmer

Jackson William, farmer
Kealey Robert, farrier

 

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