The 1901 census is divided into two districts and was taken on the night of 31st March 1901. CENSUS 1901 The enumerator for this part of the census was Mr.William George Darker. The area covered comprised ..”that part of the Parish of Mountsorrel which lies to the east of the Turnpike Road leading from Leicester […]
Members of the Ecology Sub-group of the Mountsorrel Heritage Group have been out and about, writing up notes on some of their favourite walks in the village. These have been reproduced in the walks, complete with photos (alphabetical) and markers (numerical) on the sketch map to help guide you on your way, and to show […]
The 1881 census can be accessed in two ways. The Excel version downloads and can be edited and searched. The PDF version appears when clicked and is “read only” and can’t be searched.
This article was published in the Leicester Advertiser on Friday February 4th 1966
Mountsorrel Fair goes back to July 14th 1292 when Edward I granted to Nicholas de Seagrave, Lord of the Manor, the privilege of holding a weekly market on Mondays and a yearly fair. The fair was to be held for eight days on the vigil, feast and morrow of St John the Baptist and five […]
Courtesy of Marion Vincent
As with World War 1 the outbreak of war in 1939 saw the call up of Reservists and men and women of the village volunteer for and later be conscripted into the armed forces. The village losses were thankfully less than in the Great War but equally as painful for their families and friends. All […]
The need for a volunteer home defence force was not at first realised when war was declared in 1939 but when the “Phoney War” ended with the German assault on France and the Low Countries in 1940 action was taken. The initial call for “Local Defence Volunteers” quickly changed to a very much more belligerent, […]
On the declaration of War men who were Regular Reservists or were serving with the Territorials or Yeomanry were mobilised. A little while later a list of those gone from the village was produced, probably by the village’s Emergency Committee.
Throughout the 1930s the risks of another war in Europe were being examined and planned for with the Home Office establishing an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) service in 1935. This became the Civil Defence Service in 1941 and incorporated the ARP Wardens Service, the Auxiliary Fire Service (which later became the National Fire Service), along […]
