Place:Hungarton, Leicestershire, England

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Hungarton (or Hungerton) is a small village and civil parish in the county of Leicestershire, England, about 10 miles (16.1 km) northeast of Leicester and 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Melton Mowbray.

The parish of Hungarton covers over 4000 acres (16 km²) of land. and includes the three estates of Quenby Hall, Baggrave and Ingarsby as well as the village. The population, including the hamlet of Ingarsby, of the civil parish was 269 at the 2001 UK census and increased to 289 at the 2011 UK census.

A bill to enclose common lands in the village was introduced in 1762.

The village layout follows the model village built in 1764–76 by Shukburgh Ashby, then owner of nearby Quenby Hall. There are a few cottages that pre-date this and several houses have been built since.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hungarton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"HUNGERTON, a village, a township, and a parish in Billesdon [registration] district, Leicestershire. The village stands between the two branches of the river Wreak, 6 miles SE by E of Syston Junction [railway] station, and 7 NE by E of Leicester; and has a post office under Leicester. The township includes the village. Real property: £1,565. Population: 196. Houses: 48.

"The parish contains also the liberty of Baggrave, and the hamlets of Ingarsby and Quenby. Acres, 2,910. Real property: £5,945. Population: 302. Houses: 64. The property is divided among a few. Baggrave Hall is the seat of E. A. Burnaby, Esq. Quenby Hall has, for upwards of seven centuries, belonged to the Ashbys. Ingarsby Hall, an old moated building, is now a farm house. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Twyford and the [perpetual] curacy of Thorpe-Satchville, in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value: £320. Patron: the Rev. E. Q. Ashby. The church is ancient; was restored in 1851; and consists of nave, chancel, and S aisle, with porch and lofty spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some charities."

Research Tips

• The map on the place-page for Billesdon Rural District illustrate the location of the various parishes.
• The Victoria County History - Leicestershire considered Hungarton to be in East Goscote Hundred. Therefore, it does not have a chapter in Volume 5 on Gartree Hundred. Volumes on other Leicestershire hundreds are not available.
• From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
• From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
• For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
• A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.