You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the information option, and then clicking on your location. Subsequently, he became a great landowner in england. Smeeton westerby is a small village located in some of south leicestershires prettiest rolling countryside. This part of the walk is dogfriendly, but we encountered livestock including a couple of bullsin all the fields. This is an image of the six leicesteershire hundreds. We found subtitles for the program romans to normans. Here you will find a range of artefacts about kibworth and its people from pre history down to contempo. Search for your ideal or apartment hotel near smeeton westerby now. Miles smeeton has 12 books on goodreads with 580 ratings. Had our picnic sitting on a bench in smeeton westerby, watching swifts flying in and out through holes in a barn roof. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in touch via the contact page. With 60 pages, the book shows, in alphabetical order, a complete list of memorials, and includes a.
Foxton was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of gartree and the county of leicestershire it had a recorded population of 40. The climate profile is taken from closest available data source to smeeton westerby. Hi there keith, i live in smeeton westerby as have my ancestors for generations. Michael woods story of england book if you wish to book the smeeton westerby village hall please contact.
Memorial inscriptions at smeeton westerby graveyards. With 120 pages, the book includes an index to the 1839 persons mentioned, a complete record of each of the 19 memorials, and plans to enable the reader to locate each grave. February climate history for smeeton westerby with monthly averages for temperature, rainfall, wind. We will not sell or distribute your details to any third party at any time. The great famine and the black death michael woods. The history of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby is welldocumented. British phone books 18801984 from the collection held by bt archives. Smeeton westerby is a parish, a township and a village in leicestershire, on the north side of the union canal. Oct 22, 2011 because you will have seen michael woods television series the story of england which was really the story of kibworth, read the book and watched the dvd. Smeeton westerby is a village and civil parish in the harborough district, located approximately nine miles south east from leicester. Smeeton westerby photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. For all other enquiries concerning the village hall please contact.
The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. Victorian country life the diaries of henry vere packe prepared by norman harrison transcribed by jean morris, these diaries cover the period 1857 to the 1890s when packe was vicar at shangton, and give a fascinating insight into the life of a victorian clergyman. It is 10 miles south east of leicester and about six miles from the nearest market town at market harborough. This property is located at 20 gumley road, smeeton westerby, leicester le8 0lt and has an estimated current value of. The population for kibworth, including smeeton westerby, reaches 5,000 people advertisement michael wood is a historian, writer and broadcaster who has produced over 100 documentary films including domesday and in search of the dark ages. Originally smeeton and westerby were seperate hamlets but they merged some time ago to.
John shaw obituary market harborough, leicestershire. Apr 2, 2020 browse and book from the best vacation rentals with prices in walcote and nearby. This property is located at highfields, gumley road, smeeton westerby, leicester le8 0lt. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Jun 01, 2011 the history of the villages of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby is welldocumented over many centuries, mainly because of the interests of merton college in oxford. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and. Dec 16, 2016 reverend thomas thomas 1741 1826 part 1 revd. John shaw passed away in market harborough, northamptonshire.
The destination is located close to the bustling village of kibworth beauchamp which comprises of a comprehensive selection of amenities including shops, restaurants, sports clubs and schools. Smeeton westerby was originally two separate villages, smeeton and westerby. Smeeton westerby climate history past weather including monthly averages for smeeton westerby leicestershire, united kingdom. Smeeton westerby is a village and civil parish in the harborough district, located approximately. Cover image of market harborough a history and celebration. The norman yoke erenow free online library on history. Westerby, once known by its old norse name of vesterbyr, the west farm, was founded by viking settlers after the viking army disbanded in 877. The last year we have spent great deal of time in kibworth, and this book could not have been written, nor the films it accompanies made, without the help of the people of kibworth harcourt, kibworth beauchamp and smeeton westerby.
I am now adding any records i have for the surname spiby and the various spellings of this surname. Michael woods the story of england bagotbookss blog. Groundbreaking series in which michael wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of english history. Smeeton westerby was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of gartree and the county of leicestershire it had a recorded population of 29. These three villages in south leicestershire share a long and often dramatic past in which their inhabitants have faced the horror ofthe black death, have struggled through times of poverty and hardship, and have witnessed the growth of industry following the building of the. Images reproduced by courtesy of bt archives, london, england. Property details for highfields gumley road smeeton westerby. Transcriptions of all readable memorials in existence at 31st december 2008, at kibworth cemetery. Facilities more information edit this church coronavirus guidance from the church of england.
In 187072, john marius wilsons imperial gazetteer of england and wales described smeeton westerby like this. In 1891 there were 98 smeeton families living in nottinghamshire. The most smeeton families were found in the uk in 1891. The townships of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt, and smeeton westerby once formed a single parish. The destination is located close to the bustling village of kibworth beauchamp which comprises of a comprehensive selection of amenities including. Smeeton is the smiths tun, a settlement of metalworkers.
It is close to saddington, kibworth and fleckney and is situated 500m north of the grand union canal. Further to the south were the hamlets at smeeton and westerby with the largest number of freemen and freewomen. It is about 92 miles north of london, 9 miles southeast of leicester city and 6 miles northwest of market harborough. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of smeeton westerby francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Kibworth history society offer for sale a number of locally written publications. Porter, author of kibworth to smeeton westerby book, the kibworth improvement team, michael woods and the national lottery and for their time and support in. Welcome to the smeeton westerby village web site village. The village is kibworth in leicestershire in the heart of england a place that lived through the black death, the civil war and the industrial revolution and was even bombed in world war two. Nottinghamshire had the highest population of smeeton families in. The gartree hundred and the gartree oak kibworth village. Kibworth harcourt, kibworth beauchamp and smeeton westerby, leicestershire.
When tzu hang, a 46foot ketch, set sail from melbourne, australia, in december 1956 bound for england, miles and beryl smeeton and their friend john guzzwell had little concept of the challenges or terrors that awaited them. A hundred was a unit of english local government and taxation, sitting between a village and a shire, which survived into the 19 th century. Christ church services and events news and notices find us main street smeeton westerby leicester. Property details for highfields gumley road smeeton. The old bakehouse is a grade ii listed building in smeeton westerby, leicestershire, england. Free online booking, save up to 70% on hotels close to smeeton westerby in leicester. Smeeton westerby doesnt have any shops of its own but it does have a traditional village pub, a village hall, a parish church plus several stables and farms. February climate history for smeeton westerby local. Porter, author of kibworth to smeeton westerby book, the kibworth improvement team, michael woods and the national lottery and for their time and support in producing this guide. The obituary was featured in harborough mail on january 30, 2020. Acknowledgements erenow free online library on history books. The norman yoke erenow free online library on history books. The old bakehouse, smeeton westerby, leicestershire.
The thirteenthcentury church of st wilfrid lies in kibworth beauchamp, with the church of christ church in smeeton westerby. History of smeeton westerby, in harborough and leicestershire. The history of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby is. Follow 2000 years of history along the kibworth and smeeton westerby trail. Smeeton westerby sits in rural leicestershire countryside between kibworth beauchamp and saddington. Originally smeeton and westerby were two separate hamlets, but they merged some time ago to become the village that it is today. In 1902, whilst godfrey heseltine was posted to india, the pack was sold to the marquess conyngham of slane castle in ireland, and were known as the slane bassets, returning to the new forrest upon godreys return in 1910. Originally it was a mainly farming village which also had several pubs, a shop, a butchers and a blacksmiths the old blacksmith cottage is a very pretty cottage opposite debdale lane. The villages of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby sit in the hundred of gartree. In domesday book westerby is not mentioned, but several holdings are mentioned as being in smeeton. This was about 20% of all the recorded smeeton s in the uk. Thomas thomas was born on 24th november 1741 at castell gorfod, in the parish of trelechar bettws, carmarthenshire in wales.
In the 19th century, three fine local photographers added to that heritage by leaving a strong visual record of the area. Smeetonwesterby, a townshipchapelry in kibworthbeauchamp parish, leicester. The history of kibworth harcourt, with excellent documentary records surviving. The smeeton family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1841 and 1920. Gumley road, le8 has 8 houses on it with a current average value of. Wilfrids parish church, kibworth beauchamp, leicestershire 17961812. Entry from the domesday book 1086 for the gartree wappentake area including section on chiborne kibworth. Kibworth harcourt, kibworth beauchamp and smeeton westerby. Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for smeeton westerby.
The church serving the whole parish stood on the hill between the upper and the lower village, where villeins and serfs lived along the road to smeeton, with great yards for the barns and ox stalls on the lords demesne. Kibworth heritage trails walking maps kibworth village. At that time very few small sailboats had successfully rounded cape horn, and none had sailed as. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby sit in the hundred of gartree.
Domesday book entry chiborne kibworth kibworth village. Westerby was an adjacent hamlet, to the west, the by denoting a scandinavian origin. During the middle ages there was a chapel at kibworth harcourt, but whether there was one at smeeton westerby is uncertain. The westerby basset hounds descend from the walhampton basset hounds, founded in 1889 by christopher and godfrey heseltine at lymington in the new forrest. As you approached smeeton there were cottages on the left hand side, we stayed in the last one next to a lane. The history of the villages of kibworth beauchamp, kibworth harcourt and smeeton westerby is welldocumented over many centuries, mainly because of the interests of merton college in oxford. Leicestershire records, nottinghamshire parish registers.
Temperature throughout the month of february daytime temperatures will generally reach highs of around 8c thats about 46f. The views from the towpath are attractive and varied. To try to fill in the prenorman lack of knowledge, the villagers were heavily involved in a villagewide programme of archaeological test pits. Property details for 20 gumley road smeeton westerby. The history of kibworth harcourt, with excellent documentary records surviving from a variety of sources, has been examined in detail and included one attempt to reconstruct the medieval layout of the settlement from. Nov 08, 2010 smeeton is the smiths tun, a settlement of metalworkers. Welcome to the smeeton westerby village web site village history. Check woodperry books in smeeton westerby, springfield farm on cylex and find. Today i was in smeeton westerby to look at this building in pit hill, which is very much at the westerby end of the village. This was about 20% of all the recorded smeetons in the uk.
A project like this involving book and films is a team effort in the best sense of the word. There were 308 places in the county of leicestershire in domesday book. As you approached smeeton there were cottages on the. Smeeton westerby is a village located approximately 9 miles south east from leicester. This suggested that the settlement recorded in domesday book lay long the. Miles smeetons most popular book is once is enough. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of smeeton westerby.
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