Kirby Muxloe

Coordinates: 52°38′06″N 1°14′03″W / 52.6351°N 1.2341°W / 52.6351; -1.2341
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Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE9
Dialling code0116
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://kirbymuxloe.net/
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°38′06″N 1°14′03″W / 52.6351°N 1.2341°W / 52.6351; -1.2341

Kirby Muxloe is a large village and

A47. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 4,523,[1] which had increased to 4,667 at the 2011 census.[2]

History

The name "Kirby" comes from the

Domesday book as 'Carbi'. (Caeri's settlement) with a working population of 8. At the time the land in Kirby Muxloe was owned by Hugh de Grandesmaynel and by William Peverel.[4]
In 1461,
Edward IV.[4][5]

In 1582 the name of the village is recorded as Kirby Muckelby, with variants Mullox, Muckle. About 50 years later in 1628 disafforestation of Leicester Forest occurred, effectively dividing the land near Kirby Muxloe into forest and pasture. The results are visible today. In 1636, the Hastings families sold the castle, and estates in Kirby and Braunstone, to the Winstanley family. The first official use of Kirby Muxloe was in 1703 in the Oxford Dictionary of Placenames, which states that 'Muxloe' is a family name. There was such a family but they lived three miles away, in the village of Desford.

An early

Society held at his home to consult on works of charity in 1670 was interrupted by informers, with the result that Penford and others were heavily fined.[6]

The railway came to Kirby Muxloe in 1848 when the

line through Kirby, and on 1 July 1859 Kirby Muxloe railway station opened at Kirby fields. (The station closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts
). In 1882, the fields known as Far and Near Townsend Close were bought by Kirby Muxloe Land Society. Barwell Road, Castle Road, and Church Road were laid out for the village and building went on over the next 30 years.

Kirby Muxloe Castle

In 1911, Kirby Muxloe Castle was handed over to the Office of Works. It is now in the care of English Heritage. In 1941, during World War II, the village was heavily bombed. A German bomber returning from an attack on Coventry emptied its load on two streets, destroying the Free Church and several houses. Gaps left in the houses can still be seen.

The village has a primary school which is rated as one of the top schools in the county. There is a chemist, bakery, supermarket, two pubs, a popular sports and social club and a golf club.

Many people who lived there during the late 20th century were born in either a small maternity home in Station Road, near Barwell Road or Roundhill Maternity Home (NHS) in Hastings Road, Kirby Fields. Both are now private residences, as they were before they became Maternity Homes. What was the nurses' home at the entrance to Roundhill is now also a private residence.

Places of interest

Sports clubs/leisure:

  • Kirby Muxloe S.C.
  • Kirby Muxloe Cricket Club
  • Kirby Muxloe Bowls Club

Location

Notable former residents

References

  1. ^ Leicestershire County Council. Census 2001 Parish Profile Retrieved on 19 July 2007
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ About Leicestershire. Kirby Muxloe Castle Retrieved on 19 July 2007
  4. ^ a b Leicestershirevillages.com. Kirby Muxloe Retrieved on 19 July 2007
  5. ^ English Heritage , and was Kirby Muxloe Castle Retrieved on 19 July 2007
  6. ^ John Gough, A History of the People Called Quakers (Robert Jackson, Dublin 1790), II, p. 314. read here For local context see R.H. Evans, 'The Quakers of Leicestershire', Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society XXVIII, pp. 63-83. read here
  7. ^ "GCSE Dream - Alfie Dibrowa". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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