Place:Thurnby, Leicestershire, England

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Thurnby is a village and civil parish just east of Leicester's city boundaries, in the Harborough District of southeast Leicestershire, England.

Thurnby village proper is set to the south of the A47 road, just after it leaves the city. A sister village, Bushby lies just to the east and the two have merged to make one civil parish known as Thurnby since 1935. To the west is Evington and Thurnby Lodge within Leicester's boundaries, to the north is Scraptoft and to the south and east are open countryside - the next parishes in these directions are Stoughton and Houghton on the Hill.

Thurnby is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, possibly being considered part of Stoughton, but is recorded by the 13th century.

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

"THURNBY, a parish, with two townships and a hamlet, in Billesdon district, Leicestershire; 3¾ miles E of Leicester [railway] station. It has a post-office under Leicester. Acres: 2,740. Real property: £5,703. Population: 375. Houses: 89. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £258. Patron: H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. The church is good; and a chapel of ease is in Stoughton. Charities, £36."

Research Tips

• The map on the place-page for Billesdon Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
• Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp321-330 - Parish: Thurnby. (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.