Woodhouse Eaves Leicestershire Family History Guide

Woodhouse Eaves is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Leicestershire, created in 1839 from Barrow upon Soar Ancient Parish, Newton Linford chapelry, and Ulverscroft extra-parochial.

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Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1837
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844

Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOODHOUSE-EAVES, a chapelry, with a village, in Barrow-upon-Soar parish, Leicester; 4¼ miles S by W of Loughborough r. station.

It takes its name from including part of Wood house township, and from lying on the eaves or edge of Charnwood forest; it was constituted in 1844; and it has a post-office under Loughborough. Pop. in 1861, 1,163. Houses, 264. The surface is picturesque, and includes bold high grounds, commanding exquisite views.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £118. Patrons, the Lords of the Manor of Charnwood Forest. The church was built in 1837; and is in the early English style, with a pinnacled tower. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and an endowed school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].