Place:Twyford and Thorpe, Leicestershire, England

Twyford and Thorpe is one of the civil parishes created in Melton and Belvoir Rural District of Leicestershire, England in 1936. In this case it was created out of the former civil parishes of Twyford and Thorpe-Satchville and situated to the south of the town of Melton Mowbray. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 612. Twyford and Thorpe-Satchville continue to be separate Church of England parishes.

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Twyford is in the south of the parish, and the name is derived from the two fords in the village. It has two churches: St Andrew (Church of England), which is a Grade I listed building with some parts dated from the 12th century, and a Methodist church.

Thorpe-Satchville is situated on a hill north of Twyford, and is on the B6047 road. St Michael and All Angels (Church of England) is Grade II listed and was built in the late 15th century.

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Local Administration

The parishes were part of Melton Mowbray Rural District from 1894 until 1935 when the rural district was abolished and replaced by the Melton and Belvoir Rural District which covered a larger area. A year after the introduction of the new rural district its parishes were reorganized and reduced in number from 68 to 25.

In 1974 a new nationwide organization of local government was introduced in which rural and urban districts were replaced by "non-metropolitan" districts. In the northeast of Leicestershire this meant little save for the fact that the principal town of Melton Mowbray, formerly a separate urban district, was now governed by the same body (Melton District or Borough) as the rural area that surrounded it.

Research Tips

Maps on the place-pages for Belvoir Rural District and Melton and Belvoir Rural District illustrate the location of the various parishes and the geographical and administrative changes that occurred in 1936.