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Welcome to the Kibworth Village Online Museum. Here you will find a range of artefacts about Kibworth and its people from pre-history down to contemporary times.
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THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE BLACK DEATH The 14th century was a difficult period for Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt, Smeeton Westerby and indeed the whole country. 1314 saw the start of the Great Famine, followed by The Black Death in 1348, with both leaving a trail of death and economic problems for the three villages. The Great Famine 1314 to 1317 During 1313 severe gales caused havoc in the villages damaging buildings, hedges and trees. Hard frosts in the first months of 1314 persisted until April followed by a hot dry summer which baked the ground resulting in a poor…
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SMEETON WESTERBY MANOR 1086 – 1888 Before the Norman Conquest of England there is no record of holders of land in Smeeton Westerby. 1068 The Domesday Book first draft completed in 1086 contained the following entry for Smeeton Westerby: Land of King William. Households 10 villagers. 73 freemen. 32 smallholders Land and resources Ploughland: 2 lord's plough teams. 26.5 men's plough teams. Other resources: Meadow 36.5 acres. Valuation Annual value to lord: 10 pounds 2 shillings and 5 pence in 1086; 1 shilling when acquired by the 1086 owner. Owners Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.…
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1571 – 1797 The first recorded trace of the Foxton family in Kibworth was the birth of John Foxton in 1571. He was the son of Samuel Foxton born 1530 in Leicester. John married Annis, born, c1575, in Kibworth Beauchamp. They had four daughters and two sons; Richard born 20 Nov.1609 and William born1613 who died in the year of his birth. John Foxton died leaving a will dated 29th August 1767 and Annis died in1635. Their son Richard Foxton lived in Kibworth Beauchamp and in 1646 married Agnes/Ann born 1626 in Leicestershire to parents’ unknown. Together they had eight…
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Jeni Molyneux
Pembrokeshire Archives, ref: D /WIL/63
The Gentleman’s Magazine
Transcription of the Gentleman’s Magazine entry- June James; Credit June James; File line number 192)
Wiki T ree genealogy
Family Search
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POYNTZ ADAMS 1789-1870 Part 2. May 1811 Dr Poyntz Adams left London to set up as a general practitioner in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. His career as a country practitioner was ahead of him with a set of expensive instruments bought for him, by his uncle Rev.Thomas Thomas. In a letter from Poyntz Adams at 5, St Thomas’s Tents, Southwark to his uncle. ‘I go to church every Sunday and it is Mr Neve who does duty, his wife called to see me about a poor woman that I am attending. I have got already twenty -six patients on my books.I…
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Northampton County Record Office
Pembrokeshire County Record Office
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
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Grandson of George Foxton of Kibworthcorrespondence with his uncle Rev.Thomas Thomas. ‘A youngest son who had to make his own way’ Whilst Poyntz Adams did not live in Kibworth except on visits his grandfather was George Foxton who lived in Manor Farmhouse, Main Street, Kibworth Harcourt and his aunt Elizabeth Thomas, nee Foxton. His mother Sarah was born, lived her early life and was married in Kibworth before moving to Essex. (see The Foxton Family of Kibworth-modern). From the Rev Thomas Thomas’s’ correspondence we see that Dr Poyntz Adams was educated and financed by him. The letters reveal the difficulties…
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Northampton County Record Office
Pembrokeshire County Record Office
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
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Manor House, Summer 2020 The Manor House and garden wall, 30 High Street, Kibworth Beauchamp, is a grade II listed building and possibly the oldest surviving house in the village dating from the 16th century. The house is H-shaped in plan, the lower part of the walls being of ironstone and the upper story timber-framed. The hall, with a room above it, occupies the central block. The hall is lit by a stone-mullioned window in the front wall, and has a stone chimney at its west end. Behind the chimney is the former crosspassage, its front entrance now blocked. The…
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The Mud Cottage (Mud Wall), 70 High Street, Kibworth Beauchamp
David Adams
The Mud Cottage,70 High Street, Kibworth Beauchamp, an 18th century thatched cottage was demolished in the late 1940’s.The remaining Mud Wall is a Grade ll listed building. The cottage may have been a farm worker’s home developed from a farm outbuilding on land at the edge of the village. The 1886 Ordnance Survey map shows the cottage as the last residential property on the north end of High Street. The last occupants of the cottage were Charlie Everitt and his son, Ted. The cottage was damaged by fire which apparently causing quite a spectacle with many villagers flocking to the…
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Kibworth Beauchamp Manor 11th to 20th Century 1042 - 1066 During the reign of Edward the Confessor, 5 carucatesi and 6 bovatesii of the Kibworth Beauchamp Manor were held by Edwin and Alferd, and 6 carucates by Ailmar. 1086 The manor of Kibworth Beauchamp was held by Robert (the dispensator) and consisted of 11 carucates and 6 bovates. 1121 Geoffrey Ridel held 1 carucate of the manor on his death 1130 11 carucates were held by Walter de Beauchamp and one carucate by Richard Basset. Walter, whose wife’s uncle was Robert (the dispensator), acquired the land from him. Richard Basset…
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THE KIBWORTH THEATRE The Kibworth Theatre is believed to have been situated on the turnpike road in Main Street, Kibworth Harcourt during the 18th and 19th centuries. The exact location has not been confirmed but is baelieved to have been to the rear of 25 Main Street. This location would have been convenient to entertain passengers taking a rest break when journeying through the village on the many coaches travelling along the turnpike route. Indeed,travelling theatre players would also have also used the coaches and taken advantage of the theatre to perform plays. In addition, local residents particularly from the…
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REVEREND THOMAS THOMAS1741 – 1826 Part 2 Rev. Thomas Thomas was a very talented aninteresting character; in addition to his secular duties he was a grazier and a man of letters. During her research into Rev. Thomas Thomas’ life, Jeni Molyneux discovered many artifacts of interest at the Record Office in Northamptonshire. This selection of those artifacts attempts to portray the many facets of Thomas’ writings and musings. MEMORANDUMS for 1780 in his parish book. Incidents 1780 Levies, horse hireJack Cleaning 1sDined at Cheney’s 4sMrs Eaton for dinners £1. 18sNewspapers 10s 6d Vails 1780 (gratuities or tips, bountiful bestowing to…
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REVEREND THOMAS THOMAS 1741 – 1826 Part 1 Revd. Thomas Thomas was born on 24th November 1741 at Castell Gorfod, in the parish of Trelechar Bettws, Carmarthenshire in Wales. Thomas was one of the three children of George and Catherine Thomas. The elder son, Samson Thomas, became a Calvinist Methodist Minister and his sister Rosamond married Thomas Howell in 1769. Revd. Thomas Thomas was ordained and appointed as Rector of St Peter’s Church in the parish of Isham, Northamptonshire by the then Bishop of Peterborough, John Hinchcliffe in 1773. Appointment letter from the Bishop of Peterborough By 1788 Revd. Thomas…
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Alonso Joseph Freeland (1856-1925) (Pharmacist, Dentist, Musician, Photographer, Poet) (Alonso Freeland) Alonso Joseph Freeland was born in the village ofAngmering in West Sussex on 25thFebruary 1856. He was the youngest of five children born to Henry and AnnFreeland.Onleaving school in Angmeringhe worked for his father in the family grocer’s shop wherehe was described as a chemist/dentist. Alonso married Mary Mason Holyland on 3rdDecember 1884, and Alonso and his wife moved to Kibworth soon after their marriage. Their move to Kibworthmay have been due to the availability of a chemist shop in Station Street which had previously been owned by William…
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John Phillips*, landowner, grazier, antiquarian who lived for many years in in the Manor House (Manor Farm House) 39 Main Street, KibworthHarcourt, was born in 1801 at the farm Esgerfa in Abernant parish,Carmarthenshire. John was the son of Jonathan Philipps (1765 Conwil Elvet -1849) and Catherine Howell (1770- 1849 of Rhydd y garreg ddu, Talog. Carmarthenshire.) John Philipps was also the nephew of John Howell - surgeon in the East India Company, whose memorial is adjacent to his in St Lucia’s Church, Abernant. Jonathan and Catherine Philipps had married on 1st June 1790 in St Lucia’s, Abernant. From a family…
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- Acknowledgement nformation extracted from Family Letters which were deposited at both the National Library Wales and Pembrokeshire Archives at Haverford West. The Leicester Journal
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The villages of Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt and Smeeton Westerby sit in the Hundred of Gartree. A Hundred was a unit of English local government and taxation, sitting between a village and a shire, which survived into the 19th century. This is an image of the six Leicesteershire Hundreds. The Leicestershire Hundreds The Hundred of Gartree extended south-east of Leicester as far as the borders of Northamptonshire and Rutland. The Gartree (Gore or ‘spear’ tree) was an oak tree or bush situated about 2 miles to the north east of Kibworth Harcourt where an ancient track crossed the Via Devana,…
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Wikipedia
Michael Wood ‘The Story of England’
Leicestershire History.co.uk
The Institute of Historical Research
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