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Life in the 1500s Monday, 24 May 2010 17:03 |   
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Details of ‘old’ Leverton taken from various registersTuesday, 15 December 2009 14:57 |
The population of the village from 1801 to 19911801: 339 persons 1871: 818 persons 1941: No Census-War Years The drop in the village population between the years 1911 and 1921 could no doubt in part be attributed to the fatalities suffered during the Great War of 1914 -1918 when Leverton lost 18 of her sons to the conflict in France. Over a period of some two hundred years the population of the village doubled, no doubt because farming activity was increasing because of land drainage and more land coming under the plough. Much of the recorded material is reproduced as it was written in those far off days, with some of the spelling and job descriptions not as we know it today.
Last Updated (Friday, 19 February 2010 14:30) Thunder Boxes or Early ToiletsFriday, 20 November 2009 19:35 |
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Derby HallThursday, 22 October 2009 17:08 |
The earliest reference to the Derby family, at this time, is circa 1200 AD, when a Nicholas Tamworth, of Tamworth, married Jane, the daughter of the Derby family of Leverton. The Derby's are mentioned as possessing property and or land in Benington, Leverton and Leake (before the 'Old' prefixed 'Leake').
Last Updated (Friday, 04 December 2009 17:56) Beating the BoundsFriday, 04 September 2009 14:57 |
Beating the bounds is a centuries old tradition to maintain the established boundaries that divided the villages. These boundaries were fiercely upheld by all residents of a village and woe - betide anyone who infringed them in any way. This ancient custom dates back some 2000 years and more and was held on Ascension Day. Representatives of the church such as the Parish Priest and one or more Churchwardens would accompany parish officials and the group included a good number of boys who would be taught the whereabouts of the boundaries between their and neighbouring villages. In days gone by there were no maps, or even if there were they were very scarce, and a humble parish certainly wouldn't be in possession of one. Not many of the parishioners would have been able to read and write so how were they to know where the boundaries of their were? Simple, they 'Beat the Bounds'. Last Updated (Sunday, 13 September 2009 18:24) |