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MARKET TOWNS OF LEICESTERSHIRE (from SDUK Penny Cyclopedia)

Billesdon in 1839 

Billesdon, the market of which, held on Friday, has been discontinued within the present century, is in the hundred of Gartree, about 9 miles from Leicester, on the road to Uppingham. The parish comprehends an area of 4,430 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 908. There are in the parish two chapelries, Goadby and Rolleston, included in the foregoing numbers. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and two aisles : it has a stone tower and a neat spire. There is a school, with a small endowment. There are chapels at Goadby and Rolleston : the former is ancient ; in the grave-yard of the latter are the remains of a neat cross. The living of Billesdon is a vicarage, with the chapelries annexed, of the clear yearly value of £279, with a glebe-house. There were in the whole parish, in 1833, three dame-schools, with 54 children ; one boarding-school, with 26 children ; three day-schools with 82 scholars ; and three Sunday-schools, with 166 scholars.