Place:Stockerston, Leicestershire, England

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Stockerston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England, located on the border with Rutland, by the Eye Brook. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 35. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 census and thus is incorporated in the count for the neighbouring civil parish of Horninghold.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Stockerston.

[The parish of Stockerston] includes, in the south, the territory of the former hamlet of Holyoaks which was transferred from Stoke Dry in Rutland (the neighbouring county) in 1885. The total area of the parish is 1,534 acres, of which Holyoaks accounts for about 500 acres. Holyoaks was perhaps divided from Stockerston by the small stream crossing the parish from Holyoaks Wood to the Eye Brook. (Source: Victoria County History - Leicestershire, see below)

Research Tips

• The map on the place-page for Market Harborough Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
• Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp303-308 - Parish: Stockerston. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
• 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.