In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kibworth Beauchamp like this:
KIBWORTH-BEAUCHAMP, a village, a township, and a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester. The village stands near Kibworth r. station, and near the Union canal, 6 miles NW by N of Market-Harborough; and was once a market town. The township includes the village, and extends beyond it. Real property, £3, 581. ...
Pop. in 1851, 733; in 1861, 868. Houses, 199. The parish contains also the townships of Kibworth-Harcourt and Smeeton-Westerby; the former of which has a post office‡ under Leicester. Acres, 3, 220. Real property, £10, 582. Pop. in 1851, 1, 752; in 1861, 1,867. Houses, 408. The manor of K. B. belongs to Sir Henry Halford, Bart.; that of K. H., to Merton College, Oxford; and that of Smeeton, to Henry H. H. Hungerford, Esq. A moated camp, 54 feet high and 366 feet in circuit, and a large barrow, are in K. H. Framework-knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value, £850.* Patron, Merton College, Oxford. The church stands on a height; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porches and an embattled tower; contains sedilia and a piscina; and was improved, at a cost of fully £1, 150, in 1862. The tower of the previous church had a lofty spire; and while under repair in 1826, fell suddenly to the ground. The p. curacy of Smeeton-Westerby is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Free Methodists in K. B.; a chapel for Independents in K. H.; and a Baptist chapel in Smeeton. A free grammar school was founded by some person or persons unknown; was rebuilt in 1725; and has £285 a year from endowment. A lectureship in the parish church, for Thursday evenings, was founded in 1836, by the Rev. J. Goodman, then head master of the school. There are also a national school, and charities £12. Dr. John Aiken was a native; and Dr. Doddridge was minister of the Independent chapel here before going to Northampton.
Kibworth Beauchamp through time
Kibworth Beauchamp is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kibworth Beauchamp itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kibworth Beauchamp, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10964
Date accessed: 17th April 2024
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