Leicestershire Ancestors Hinckley Timeline
A date, a name, a place of birth means something but the flesh on the bones of your ancestors needs to be built up with stories, events, in fact anything that could possibly have affected that person in their daily lives.
Did they fight for their country? Was there a food shortage? What books could they have read? Where were they buried? Did they go to Church?
How did Hinckley develop through the last 600 hundred years? How it developed affected the lives of any ancestors of yours that were born, lived or moved here to work in Hinckley , Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton
Did they fight for their country? Was there a food shortage? What books could they have read? Where were they buried? Did they go to Church?
How did Hinckley develop through the last 600 hundred years? How it developed affected the lives of any ancestors of yours that were born, lived or moved here to work in Hinckley , Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton
1950 - 1959
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1946 - 1949
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1939 - 1945
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1930 - 1938
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1920 - 1929
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1919
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1914 - 1918
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1912 - 1913
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1911
National Census |
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1902 - 1910
1902 Last year of the Boer War |
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1901
National Census |
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1899 - 1900
First 2 years of the Boer War |
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1891
National Census |
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1882 - 1890
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1882 Many recorded cases of TB in Leicester
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1881
National Census |
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1872 - 1880
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1871
National Census |
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1862 - 1870
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1861
National Census |
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1852 - 1860
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You are very welcome to contribute to our Hinckley Timeline Page which includes Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton! The excellent Hinckley Past and Present Facebook Page here contains many pictures from members and the extremely helpful Hinckley Times newspaper which has a Facebook Page here . Many different types of events contribute to how a town develops ranging from a large factory closing to an outbreak of a disease like TB and from a new housing estate being built to the outbreak of war........ Contribute to our timeline and keep alive the moments that mattered to you and your Ancestors!
1851
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1840 - 1849
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1830 - 1839
Hinckley Union workhouse was built in 1838 on London Road in Hinckley and was designed by JA Hansom. The Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £4,450 on construction of the building which was intended to accommodate 300 inmates
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Hinckley Poor Law Union officially came into existence on 9th February 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 25 in number, representing its 11 constituent parishes as listed below:
County of Leicester: Aston Flamville, Barwell (3), Burbage (3), Earl Shilton (4), Elmesthorpe, Hinckley (5), Sapcote (2), Sharnford (2), Stoney Stanton (2). County of Warwick: Burton Hastings, Stretton Baskerville. Later Additions: Higham on the Hill (from 1851), Stoke Golding (from 1851), Wigston Parva (from 1895). |
1820 - 1829
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1810 - 1819
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1815 - Battle of Waterloo
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1800 - 1809
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1790 - 1799
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You are very welcome to contribute to our Hinckley Timeline Page which includes Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton! The excellent Hinckley Past and Present Facebook Page here contains many pictures from members and the extremely helpful Hinckley Times newspaper which has a Facebook Page here . Many different types of events contribute to how a town develops ranging from a large factory closing to an outbreak of a disease like TB and from a new housing estate being built to the outbreak of war........ Contribute to our timeline and keep alive the moments that mattered to you and your Ancestors!
1780 - 1789
1770 - 1779
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A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded parish workhouses in operation in 'Hinkley' (for up to 90 inmates), Barwell (20), Burbage (2), and Earl Shilton (30). In the same year, John Howard noted that the Hinkley workhouse adjoined the local prison and the poor 'looked healthy, were cheerful, clean, and at work.'
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1760 - 1769
1750 - 1759
1740 - 1749
1730 - 1739
1720 - 1729
1710 - 1719
1700 - 1709
You are very welcome to contribute to our Hinckley Timeline Page which includes Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton! The excellent Hinckley Past and Present Facebook Page here contains many pictures from members and the extremely helpful Hinckley Times newspaper which has a Facebook Page here . Many different types of events contribute to how a town develops ranging from a large factory closing to an outbreak of a disease like TB and from a new housing estate being built to the outbreak of war........ Contribute to our timeline and keep alive the moments that mattered to you and your Ancestors!
1690 - 1699
1650 - 1689
1600 - 1649
1550 - 1599
1500 - 1549
1485
22nd August The Battle of Bosworth |
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Battle of Bosworth Websites and Social Media accounts
You are very welcome to contribute to our Hinckley Timeline Page which includes Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton! The excellent Hinckley Past and Present Facebook Page here contains many pictures from members and the extremely helpful Hinckley Times newspaper which has a Facebook Page here . Many different types of events contribute to how a town develops ranging from a large factory closing to an outbreak of a disease like TB and from a new housing estate being built to the outbreak of war........ Contribute to our timeline and keep alive the moments that mattered to you and your Ancestors!