Stonton Wyville

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Stonton Wyville
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Stonton Wyville
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Population21  [1]
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52°32′56″N0°54′58″W / 52.548782°N 0.916027°W / 52.548782; -0.916027 Coordinates: 52°32′56″N0°54′58″W / 52.548782°N 0.916027°W / 52.548782; -0.916027

Stonton Wyville is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 21. The population at the 2011 census remained fewer than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Glooston. The village is about eleven miles (17 km) south east of Leicester. [2] Nearby places include Kibworth Harcourt, Tur Langton, Church Langton, and Shangton.

Civil parish territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England, UK

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Harborough District District in England

Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering 230 square miles (600 km2), the district is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county.

Leicestershire County of England

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street.

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The buildings include a church, a manor house, a rectory and a farm that used to be the Fox and Hounds Inn.

Stonton Wyville parish is 1,217 acres (4.93 km2) or 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) in area. Bounded on the western side by a tributary of the River Welland the parish rises from a height of 250 feet (76 m) near the river to about 450 feet (140 m) in the north and 500 feet (150 m) in the south. The soil is loamy clay over clay subsoil. The majority of farmland in Stonton is used for pasture and has been since 17th century enclosures. Stonton Wood, in the north of the parish, covered about 100 acres (0.40 km2) in 1279.

History

In 1086, the Domesday book shows that Stonton Wyville was part of the estates of Hugh de Grandmesnil. [3] Stonton was amongst a hundred manors that had been given to Hugh for his assistance in the Norman conquest of England.

Hugh de Grandmesnil, also known as Hugues or Hugo de Grentmesnil or Grentemesnil, is one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Subsequently, he became a great landowner in England.

Norman conquest of England 11th-century invasion and conquest of England by Normans

The Norman Conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French soldiers led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

"The same man holds of Hugh 6 carucates of land in Stonton Wyville. There is land for 4 ploughs. In demesne are 2 ploughs and 2 slaves and 15 villans with a priest and 2 bordars have 4 ploughs. There are two mills rendering 5s4d and 8 acres (32,000 m2) of meadow, woodland 6 furlongs long and 4 furlongs broad. It was worth 40s now 60s". [3]

Hugh did not have rights over all the land in the village, some was controlled by the King's niece. She had interests which included "10 acres of meadow". [3]

There were two mills in Domesday and there were still two in 1605. One of the mills was still working in 1846 but not by 1863. [2] Which is regrettable as they could have used it to power a threshing machine ...

In 1494, the last William Wyville died. Stonton Wyville is named after him and his ancestors who had been instrumental in the village since the Domesday Book where they had been under tenants. [3]

Edmund Brudenelle died 1590 Brudenell Edmund Stonton Wyville.jpg
Edmund Brudenelle died 1590

On 25 February 1628 Sir Thomas Brudenell (whose family had married into the Wyvilles) was created Baron Brudenell of Stonton. There was a move to rename the village Stonton Brudenell, but this never stuck. [2] (Thomas went on to be first Earl of Cardigan). Edmund Brudenell has an impressive alabaster monument in the church. Alongside the father,a swaddled baby lies on its own tomb

In January 1862 there was an inquest held at the Fox and Hounds Inn into the deaths of several villagers who had died in a dreadful boiler explosion. Killed in the explosion "on the spot, Thomas Lee, about 40 years of age, was blown over 40 yards (37 m) into a ditch. William Woolman, about 65 years of age was blown fully fifty yards..." [4] and Samuel Ashby. George Woolman died of his injuries on the same day. It appears from the inquest that 13 people had been gathered around a steam engine [5] that was being used to power a small threshing machine that they had hired from a Mr Butcher of Debdale Wharf.

Stonton Wyville must have been much larger in the past. It is officially recognised as a "shrunken or deserted medieval village". [6]

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References

  1. ↑ 2001 census
  2. 1 2 3 'Stonton Wyville', A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (1964), pp. 308-12 Date accessed: 21 February 2007
  3. 1 2 3 4 Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN   0-14-143994-7
  4. ↑ "Contemporary newspaper account - January 1862
  5. ↑ Stationary Engine home page
  6. ↑ Ancient Monuments list
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