Melton Mowbray Registration District

MELTON MOWBRAY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Leicestershire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bottesford, Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Somerby, Waltham.
GRO volumes : XV (1837–51), 7a (1852–1946), 3A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Leicestershire and Rushcliffe.

Table 1: List of Places in Melton Mowbray Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ab Kettleby	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Asfordby	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Ashby Folville	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Gaddesby.
Barsby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Gaddesby. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Belvoir	Leicestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Bescaby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Sproxton.
Bottesford	Leicestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Branston	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Croxton Kerrial.
Brentingby & Wyfordby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Freeby.
Brooksby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Holby with Rotherby.
Broughton & Old Dalby	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Nether Broughton and Old Dalby. See also Table 2, note (g).
Buckminster	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Burrough on the Hill	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Somerby.
Burton & Dalby	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Great Dalby, Burton Lazars, and Little Dalby,
Burton Lazars	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Burton & Dalby and Melton Mowbray.
Clawson & Harby	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Long Clawson, Harby, and Hose.
Cold Overton	Leicestershire	1934	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Knossington. See also Table 2, note (d).
Coston	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Garthorpe.
Croxton Kerrial	Leicestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Eastwell	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Eaton.
Eaton	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Edmondthorpe	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Wymondham.
Eye Kettleby	Leicestershire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Melton Mowbray. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Melton Mowbray.
Freeby	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Frisby	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Frosby on the Wreak and Kirby Bellars.
Frisby on the Wreak	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Frsby.
Gaddesby	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Garthorpe	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Goadby Marwood	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Eaton.
Great Dalby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Burton & Dalby.
Grimston	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Harby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Clawson & Harby.
Harston	Leicestershire	1934	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Belvoir. See also Table 2, note (c).
Hoby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Hoby with Rotherby.
Hoby with Rotherby	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale, and Brooksby.
Holwell	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Ab Kettleby.
Hose	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Clawson & Harby.
Kirby Bellars	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Frisby.
Knipton	Leicestershire	1934	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Belvoir. See also Table 2, note (c).
Knossington	Leicestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Little Dalby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Burton & Dalby.
Long Clawson	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Clawson & Harby.
Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Muston	Leicestershire	1934	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Bottesford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Nether Broughton	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Broughton & Old Dalby.
Old Dalby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Broughton & Old Dalby.
Pickwell with Leesthorpe	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Somerby.
Ragdale	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Hoby with Rotherby.
Redmile	Leicestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Rotherby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Hoby with Rotherby.
Saltby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Sproxton.
Saxby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Freeby.
Saxelby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Grimston.
Scalford	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Sewstern	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Buckminster.
Shoby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Grimston.
Somerby	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Sproxton	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Stapleford	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Freeby.
Stathern	Leicestershire	1837	1974
Stonesby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Sproxton.
Sysonby	Leicestershire	1837	1930	Abolished 1.10.1930 and incorporated into the parish of Melton Mowbray.
Thorpe Arnold	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Waltham.
Thorpe Satchville	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Twyford & Thorpe.
Twyford	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Twyford & Thorpe.
Twyford & Thorpe	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Twyford and Thorpe Satchville.
Upper Broughton	Nottinghamshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Waltham	Leicestershire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold.
Waltham on the Wolds	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Waltham.
Wartnaby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Ab Kettleby.
Welby	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Asfordby and Melton Mowbray.
Wycomb & Chadwell	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Scalford.
Wymondham	Leicestershire	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Melton Mowbray Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Barsby, including Barsby Lodge (which became part of the parish of South Croxton on 24.3.1884) to Barrow upon Soar registration district.	6 in 1891
24.3.1884	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Barsby (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of South Croxton) from Barrow upon Soar registration district.	0 in 1891
1.1.1934	(c)	Gained the parishes of Belvoir, Bottesford, Croxton Kerrial, Harston, Knipton, Muston, and Redmile, from Grantham registration district.	2592 in 1931
1.1.1934	(d)	Gained the parishes of Cold Overton and Knossington from Oakham registration district.	385 in 1931
1.1.1937	(e)	Lost the parish of Upper Broughton to Bingham registration district.	265 in 1931
1.1.1937	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Redmile (which until 1.4.1936 formed the parishes of Barkestone and Plungar) from Bingham registration district.	443 in 1931
1.4.1965	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Broughton & Old Dalby (which became part of the parish of Upper Broughton on 1.4.1965) to Bingham registration district.

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