Gilmorton

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title: "Gilmorton" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-leicestershire", "civil-parishes-in-harborough-district"] description: "Village in Leicestershire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-leicestershire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmorton" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Leicestershire, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Gilmorton
static_image_name	Gilmorton - All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 146474.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints' parish church
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP5787
population	976
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Gilmorton
shire_district	Harborough
shire_county	Leicestershire
region	East Midlands
country	England
constituency_westminster	South Leicestershire
post_town	Lutterworth
postcode_district	LE17
postcode_area	LE
dial_code	01455
website	Gilmorton Parish Council
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|official_name= Gilmorton |static_image_name= Gilmorton - All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 146474.jpg |static_image_caption= All Saints' parish church |coordinates = |os_grid_reference= SP5787 |label_position= |population= 976 |population_ref= (2011 Census) |civil_parish= Gilmorton |shire_district= Harborough |shire_county= Leicestershire |region= East Midlands |country= England |constituency_westminster= South Leicestershire |post_town= Lutterworth |postcode_district= LE17 |postcode_area= LE |dial_code= 01455 |website= Gilmorton Parish Council

Gilmorton is a village and civil parish about 3 mi northeast of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 976.

Manor

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village, when its population was about 140. The toponym may be derived from Old English: gilden (or gylden) meaning "golden", and morton, "town on the moor".{{cite web |url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/morton |title=Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) |access-date=7 March 2008 |publisher=Dictionary.com |quote=morton}}

In 1303, Roger de Martivall was permitted to alienate land and property at Noseley, Gilmorton, and Stretton to create an income for four chaplains at a chantry chapel at Noseley.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of All Saints has a 14th- and 15th-century tower, but it and its spire were rebuilt in 1909. The nave, aisles and chancel were rebuilt in 1860–61, and the south porch was built in 1897. Burlison and Grylls made the stained glass for the east window of the chancel in 1878. Shrigley and Hunt made the stained glass for the Lady Chapel in 1896. Kempe and Kempe made all the other stained glass for the church between 1884 and 1906. All Saints' is a Grade II* listed building.

The west tower has a ring of eight bells. Thomas I Eayre of Kettering cast the sixth bell in 1738 and the tenor in 1749. Joseph Eayre of St Neots, Huntingdonshire, cast the fourth bell in 1766. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast the seventh bell in 1861, the fifth bell in 1871, and the treble, second, and third bells in 1909 when the tower was rebuilt.

Economic and social history

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Gilmorton_mill.jpg" caption="The remains of Gilmorton Mill"] ::

| short_title = Gilmorton Inclosure Act 1777 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of Great Britain | long_title = An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, and Commonable Grounds, within the Parish of Gilmorton, in the County of Leicester. | year = 1777 | citation = 17 Geo. 3. c. 122 Pr. | territorial_extent = Great Britain | royal_assent = 16 May 1777 | commencement = 31 October 1776 | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = Current | original_text = | collapsed = yes The Gilmorton Inclosure Act 1777 (17 Geo. 3. c. 122 Pr.) enclosed common land in the parish.

A tower mill at Gilmorton was built early in the 19th century. The brick tower survives and has been restored, but neither the cap nor any machinery survives.

In the 1890s, the Great Central Main Line from south to London Marylebone was built through the west of Gilmorton parish, passing 1+1/4 mi west of the village. It opened in 1899, with the nearest station being at 2+1/2 mi northwest of the village, and Lutterworth railway station slightly further away to the southwest.

In 1942, RAF Bruntingthorpe was opened just east of the parish. In 1953, its main runway was extended by 4800 ft, bringing it into Gilmorton parish and within 1/4 mi of the village. The air station was decommissioned in 1962, sold for civilian use in 1965, and is now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome.

The M1 motorway extension from Crick, Northamptonshire, north to Leeds was built parallel with the Great Central Main Line and just east of it, starting in 1965 and opening in 1968. A 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways report recommended that British Railways close the railway, which it did in 1969.

Amenities

Gilmorton has three pubs: the Crown Inn, the Grey Goose, and Mortons, as well as a Village Hall, and a combined Village Store, Post Office, and Tea Room.

Gilmorton Chandler Church of England primary school serves Gilmorton and six neighbouring parishes.

Notes

References

References

1. "Area: Gilmorton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". [[Office for National Statistics]].
2. "Opendomesday.org".
3. "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary".
4. {{NHLE
5. Dawson, George. (15 June 2012). "Gilmorton All Saints". Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
6. (May 1777). "House of Lords Journal". [[The Stationery Office.
7. {{NHLE
8. [http://www.crowngilmorton.com/ Crown Inn]
9. [http://www.greygoosegilmorton.co.uk/ Grey Goose]
10. (2020-12-03). "About Mortons - Mortons". Mortonsbistro.co.uk.
11. "Gilmorton Village Store".
12. [http://www.gilmortonchandler.leics.sch.uk/ Gilmorton Chandler C of E Primary School]

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