1851 Census, HO107/2078
Dunton Bassett, folios 194, 196, 197, 200, 203 & 205
24Joseph CRANEmarhead55framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Sarah CRANEmarwife52 framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Elias CRANEunmson21 framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Ann CRANEunmdau18 framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
William CRANEson12framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Harriott CRANEdau10framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
45Joseph DUNKLEYmarhead35framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Catherine DUNKLEYmarwife41 framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
James ASTILLson15framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
folio 197
Simon BODDINGTONmarhead52cooperDunton Bassett LEI
Sophia BODDINGTON marwife36Dunton Bassett LEI
Samuel BODDINGTON son 2Dunton Bassett LEI
49Mary ASTILLmar head37framework knitterWigston Magna LEI
Joseph ASTILLson10Dunton Bassett LEI
Ann ASTILLdau 8 Dunton Bassett LEI
Samuel ASTILLson 6Belgrave LEI
George ASTILLson 4Belgrave LEI
William James ASTILLson 1Dunton Bassett LEI
73William ASTILLmarhead72framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Mary ASTILLmarwife66framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Mary ASTILLunmdau30 framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
William ILIFEgson 2Leicester LEI
85Joseph ASTILLmarhead26framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Eliza ASTILLmarwife25framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Edward ASTILLson4mDunton Bassett LEI
97Ann GREENWELLhead84school mistressDunton Bassett LEI
Mary Ann FOARDgdau10Dunton Bassett LEI
folio 205
George WATTSmarhead81farmer of 130 acres employing 2 labourers
Dunton Bassett LEI
Alick WATTSmarwife68farmer’s wifeKnaptoft LEI
George WATTS unmson35farmer’s sonDunton Bassett LEI
William WATTS unmson26farmer’s sonDunton Bassett LEI
3 servants
1861 Census, RG9/2244
Broughton Astley, folio 54
73Joseph COBLEYunmhead24agricultural labKimcote LEI
Edward CARTERlodger21agricultural labKibworth LEI
1861 Census, RG9/2245
Dunton Bassett, folio 47
119John KILLPACKmarhead45engraverDunton Bassett LEI
Sarah KILLPACKmarwife40HUN
Fanny KILLPACKunmsister63lodgerDunton Bassett LEI
120Samuel CRANEmarhead29stocking knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Rachel CRANEmarwife24makerDunton Bassett LEI
Emma CRANEdau3mDunton Bassett LEI
121Thos BRYANmarhead38framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Frances BRYANmarwife46framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Samuel CRANE son-in-law19framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
1891 Census, RG12/2489
Dunton Bassett, folios 109, 111, 112 & 114
15Samuel CRANEmarhead49agricultural labDunton Bassett LEI
Rhoda CRANEmarwife46(illegible)
Robert Ford CRANEunmson17agricultural labDunton Bassett LEI
Samuel CRANEson 7scholarDunton Bassett LEI
Lancelot CRANEson 5scholarDunton Bassett LEI
37John BOTTRILLmarhead79retired saddlerDunton Bassett LEI
Eliz BOTTRILLmarwife76Pailton WAR
50William CRANEmarhead24farm labourerDunton Bassett LEI
Catherine A CRANEmarwife20Dunton Bassett LEI
Rhoda CRANEdau4mDunton Bassett LEI
55Clifford CRANEmarhead76relief from parishLeicester LEI
Catherine CRANEmarwife81
78Chas CRANEmarhead38framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Eliza CRANEmarwife36Ashby Magna LEI
Mary L CRANEdau13day nurseDunton Bassett LEI
Agnes CRANEdau 7Dunton Bassett LEI
Chas CRANEson 5Dunton Bassett LEI
Clara H CRANEdau 3Dunton Bassett LEI
William R CRANEson 1Dunton Bassett LEI
88William BRYANmarhead34framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
William DUNKLEYstepfather72framework knitterDunton Bassett LEI
Hannah BRYANmarwife31Kimcote LEI
Wm S BRYANson 9scholarDunton Bassett LEI
John L BRYANson 6scholarDunton Bassett LEI
Sarah A BRYANson 2scholarDunton Bassett LEI
96David KILLPACKmarhead57farmerDunton Bassett LEI
Sarah KILLPACKmarwife54Dunton Bassett LEI
Ellen KILLPACKdau12scholar Dunton Bassett LEI
Ellen TWIGDON boarder 8scholar Dunton Bassett LEI
Emmily TWIGDON boarder 6scholar Dunton Bassett LEI
Martha TWIGDON boarder 4scholar Dunton Bassett LEI
no entries for COBLEY between folios 126 and 136 in Gilmorton
Cotes-de-Val, folio 137
76Henry OSBORNEmarhead60waggonerWoolscott WAR
Catherine OBSORNEmarwife49diary womanAshby Magna LEI
Mary H OSBORNEunmdau18orsey? makerDunton Bassett LEI
77William COBLEYmarhead36shepherdWalton by Kimcote LEI
Maria COBLEYmarwife36stocking knitterDunton Bassett LEI
William COBLEYunmson16agricultural labGilmorton LEI
Thomas COBLEYson13agricultural labGilmorton LEI
Emma COBLEYdau10scholarGilmorton LEI
Ernest COBLEYson 6scholarGilmorton LEI
Kimcote, folio 162
Edwin BOTTRILLmarhead54(illegible)Kimcote LEI
Cecilia BOTTRILLmarwife57Leicester LEI
Harwood E BOTTRILL unmson26father’s assistantWalton LEI
Annie M BOTTRILLunmdau15Walton LEI
Kimcote Baptism Register, DE1241/6, from May 1880 to December 1889 had no COBLEYs
Gilmorton Baptism Register, DE2753/5, from September 1879 to December 1890 had one COBLEY
6 December 1879Reuben, son of William COBLEY, Cotes-de-Val
18 September 1888Percy William, son of Ada STRETTON, Lutterworth
(born 17 March 1884)
Dunton Bassett Baptism Register, DE2079/3, had the following.
9 June 1829Selina, daughter of Thomas & Maria ASTILL, framework knitter
9 June 1829Joseph, son of Thomas & Maria ASTILL, framework knitter
8 April 1833William, son of Thomas & Maria ASTILL, framework knitter
16 February 1835Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas & Maria ASTILL, framework knitter
13 November 1836Sarah, daughter of John & Sarah TWIGDEN, labourer
26 February 1837 Thomas, son of Joseph & Elizabeth DUNKLEY, framework knitter
30 September 1838 Martha, daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth DUNKLEY, stocking maker
23 December 1838Dinah, daughter of John & Elizabeth BOTTRILL, saddler
8 March 1840Mary Louisa, daughter of William & Louisa REYNOLDS, farmer of Dunton Bassett
29 November 1840Charles PEGG, son of James KILPACK & Mary PEGG, wheelwright
27 June 1841 Samuel, son of William & Matilda BODDINGTON
18 July 1841 children of William & Matilda BODDINGTON, farmer
Matilda aged 12
William aged 9
George aged 5
John aged 3
Rebecca aged 7m
18 July 1841children of William & Elizabeth REYNOLDS, publican
William Holyland aged 11
Hephzibah aged 9 (also on 12 October 1831)
Ann aged 7
Catharine aged 6
Elias aged 6 m
25 July 1841children of Robert & Lucy FORD, framework knitter
Samuel aged 9
John aged 7
Ambrose aged 5
Lancelot aged 3
Mary Ann
10 October 1841Ann Alice, daughter of John & Louisa WATTS
5 April 1842William Elias, son of William & Louisa REYNOLDS
30 April 1844 Joseph, son of Joseph & Elizabeth DUNKLEY, framemaker
11 July 1847George Gilbert, son of John & Lousia WATTS, farmer of Peatling Parva
29 August 1847Lancelot, son of Maria GREENWELL, framework knitter
29 August 1847Catharine, daughter of William & Selina GREENWELL
8 March 1848Frances Harriet, daughter of William & Louisa REYNOLDS, farmer
21 May 1848Henry Thompson, son of Joseph & Anne WATTS, grocer of Attercliffe, Yorkshire
15 October 1848 Samuel Thomas, son of Simon & Sophia BODDINGTON
26 November 1848(born 15 March 1844) William, son of Joseph & Mary BOTTRILL, harness maker
10 December 1848Sophia Louisa, daughter of William & Matilda BODDINGTON
30 December 1849William ILIFE, son of Mary ASTILL, illegitimate son of __ ILIFE
27 January 1850William Elias, son of William & Louisa REYNOLDS, farmer of Peatling Parva
17 February 1850Joseph James, son of John Wilson & Mary Louisa WATTS, farmer of Dunton Bassett Lodge
21 March 1852George Robert, son of William & Louisa REYNOLDS, farmer of Peatling Parva
25 July 1852Frederick William, son of John Wilson & Mary Louisa WATTS, farmer of Dunton Bassett Lodge
Dunton Bassett Baptism Register, DE4356/1, had the following.
18 March 1876Thomas, son of George & Elizabeth TWIGDON, travelling showman
17 February 1878Mary Cross, daughter of George & Elizabeth TWIGDON, travelling showman
10 February 1879Ellen, daughter of David & Sarah KILLPACK
2 April 1882William Ilife, son of William & Hannah BRYAN, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
16 April 1882William, son of Edward & Edith HEWITT, carpenter of Dunton
Bassett
9 December 1883Ella Cross, daughter of George & Elizabeth TWIGDEN, travelling showman
17 February 1884Samuel, son of Samuel & Rhoda CRANE, labourer of Dunton
Bassett
17 February 1884Agnes, daughter of Charles & Elizabeth CRANE, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
5 July 1885Ernest, son of William & Mary Ann COBLEY, labourer of Dunton
Bassett
10 January 1886Charles Edmund, son of Charles & Elizabeth CRANE, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
31 January 1886Lancelot, son of Samuel & Rhoda CRANE, labourer of Dunton
Bassett
25 December 1887Clara Hilda, daughter of Charles & Elizabeth CRANE, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
26 February 1888Martha Cross, daughter of George & Elizabeth TWIGDON, travelling showman
16 September 1888Sarah Annie, daughter of William & Hannah BRYAN, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
17 March 1889John William, son of John & Mary Ann KILPACK, labourer of
Dunton Bassett
22 September 1889William Reginald, daughter of Charles & Elizabeth CRANE,
labourer & framework knitter of Dunton Bassett
14 December 1890Rhoda, daughter of William & Catherine CRANE, labourer of
Dunton Bassett
18 October 1891James, son of John & Mary Ann KILLPACK, farmer of Dunton
Bassett
26 December 1891Mary Jane, daughter of William & Hannah BRYAN, framework
knitter of Dunton Bassett
25 March 1893David, son of John & Eliza KILPACK, labourer of Dunton Bassett
Dunton Bassett Marriage Register, DE2079/4, had the following.
25 February 1797 Joseph BOTTRILL of Dunton Bassett m Mary HALL of Ashby Magna
6 July 1799William ASTILL of Dunton Bassett m Elizabeth SIMPSON of Dunton Bassett witnessed by John FOARD & Joseph MORRIS
2 July 1809John LEE m Elizabeth GREENWELL witnessed by John GREENWELL & Joseph FORD
Dunton Bassett Marriage Register, DE4356/2, had the following.
26 October 1837 William REYNOLDS (carpenter, father William REYNOLDS yeoman) m Louisa WATTS (father Samuel WATTS) witnessed by Thomas JOHNSON & Frances WATTS
20 November 1837 Thomas FORD (fwk, father Samuel FOARD fwk) m Matilda BRYAN (father John BRYAN fwk) witnessed by John FOARD & Ellen LEE
24 February 1840Joseph FORD (stockinger, father George FORD) m Elizabeth PALMER (father Thos PALMER)
21 November 1841John FOARD (fwk, father Joseph FOARD fwk) m Catharine FORD (father Samuel FORD fwk)
11 December 1842Samuel FOARD (fwk, father Samuel FOARD labourer) m Ann BOTTRILL (father Joseph BOTTRILL saddler) witnessed by Thos FOARD & Hannah BRYAN
26 December 1842Jonathan ASTILL (fwk, father William ASTILL fwk) m Elizabeth BLACKWELL (father John BLACKWELL labourer) witnessed by James KILPACK & Mary KILPACK
15 November 1847William FORD (21 fwk, father Thomas FORD fwk) m Mary BLACKWELL (21 fwk, father John BLACKWELL labourer) witnessed by Jonathon ASTILL & Eliza KINSMAN
1 October 1848William WRIGHT (fwk, father Joseph WRIGHT fwk) m Eliza CRANE (father Joseph CRANE) witnessed by Silby BRYAN and Anne WRIGHT
4 February 1849William STEVENS (labourer, father John STEVENS, miller) m Hannah BRYAN (fwk, father John BRYAN deceased) witnessed by Thomas STEVENS & Matilda FORD
1 April 1850Joseph ASTILL (fwk, father William ASTILL fwk) m Eliza KINSMAN (fwk, father Joseph KINSMAN fwk) witnessed by William ASTILL & Mary ASTILL
1 April 1850Thomas ARNOLD (23, father Thomas ARNOLD labourer) m Hephzibah REYNOLDS (19, father William REYNOLDS fwk, c 12 October 1831 of William & Elizabeth)
18 November 1850 Joseph DUNKLEY (34 fwk, father William DUNKLEY fwk) m Catharine ASTILL (widow, 40 fwk, father John LEIGH fwk) witnessed by John DUNKLEY & Sophia DUNKLEY
24 April 1851James HEWITT (23 carpenter, father Edward HEWITT carpenter) m Ann FORD (24, father Joseph FORD fwk) witnessed by Francis FORD & Elizabeth KILACK
26 October 1851Thomas BRYAN (28 stockinger, father John BRYAN stockinger) m Frances CRANE (widow 33 stockinger, father John ASTILL shoemaker) witnessed by William STEVENS & Hannah STEVENS
19 January 1852John CHAMBERLAIN (widower 30 stockinger of Leire, father William CHAMBERLAIN labourer) m Ann FORD (widow 28 labourer, father Joseph BOTTRILL saddler) witnessed by Elizabeth BOTTRILL & Thomas BLOCKLEY
10 October 1852Edmund CRANE (26 fwk, father Charles CRANE fwk) m Hephzibah WILLEY (18 fwk, father John WILLEY labourer) witnessed by Matthew WILLEY & Elizabeth WILLEY
3 July 1854William DUNKLEY (34 fwk, father William DUNKLEY) m Ann CRANE (22, father Joseph CRANE)
15 October 1855John FORD (26 fwk, father Robert FORD fwk) m Mary Ann CRANE (16, father Joseph Clifford CRANE fwk)
15 November 1857Jonathon FORD (26 stockinger, father Thomas FORD stockinger) m Harriet HALL (21 stockinger, father George HALL tailor)
8 April 1860Samuel CRANE (minor stockinger, father Joseph CRANE) m Rachel KILPACK (of full age, father Jolm KILLPACK)
29 July 1860William CRANE (stockinger of full age, father Jos CRANE) m Mary Ann FORD (minor stockinger, father Robert FORD)
9 October 1860Charles FORD (27, father Robert FORD) m Catharine REYNOLDS (22, father William REYNOLDS, c 18 July 1841 of William & Elizabeth)
19 November 1860Francis FORD (38 stockinger, father Joseph FORD stockinger) m Catharine WILLEY (33 stockinger, father John WILLEY labourer)
20 November 1860David KILPACK (22 carpenter, father John KILPACK) m Sarah TWIGDEN (24 stockinger, father John TWIGDEN)
18 November 1862Samuel CRANE (17 fwk, father Abraham CRANE fwk) m Rhoda FOARD (20 fwk, father Robert FORD labourer)
22 May 1863William DUNKLEY (43, father William DUNKLEY fwk) m Sarah BRYAN (42, father John REARSHW labourer)
3 July 1865Samuel CRANE (father Joseph CRANE) m Elizabeth HILL (father Joseph HILL) witnessed by Joseph Clifford CRANE and Mary Ann FORD
2 December 1866Walter HALL (father George HALL) m Harriet CRANE (father Jos CRANE)
1 July 1882William WEBB (labourer, father labourer) m Mary Ann CRANE (fwk, father Sam CRANE fwk) witnessed by Charles CRANE & Ann CRANE
14 July 1884William ARNOLD (27 labourer, father Thomas ARNOLD labourer) m Ann CRANE (21 fwk, father William CRANE foreman on railway) witnessed by John ARNOLD & Ellin BLOCKLEY
21 July 1890Thomas Francis TURRELL (butcher, father James TURRELL) m Catherine Mary REYNOLDS (father Absalom REYNOLDS)
18 August 1890William CRANE (23, father Samuel CRANE labourer) m Catherine Ann KILLPACK (19, father David KILLPACK carpenter)
20 August 1894Joseph MORRIS (20 or 22 gardener, father William MORRIS gardener) m Mary Elizabeth KILLPACK (24, father David KILLPACK carpenter)
3 May 1901 Charles DERWENT (24 labourer of Morton DBY, father Samuel DERWENT) m Ellen KILLPACK (22, father David KILLPACK carpenter)
21 July 1901 Samuel BAGLEY (37 chimney sweep of Lutterworth LEI, father John BEGLEY sweep) m Ellen Hephzibah CRANE (26, father Charles CRANE hosiery) witnessed by Agnes CRANE & Charles CRANE
14 August 1911William Reginald CRANE (21 hosiery hand, father Charles CRANE hosiery hand) m Mary Ann BIRD (20, father William BIRD blacksmith) witnessed by William BIRD & Clara Hilda BIRD
Wills
I checked the Wills card index for REYNOLDS and WATTS of Dunton Bassett.
Catherine REYNOLDS1858 p 170
Elias REYNOLDS1760 p 176
1808 p 193
1823 p 154
Mary REYNOLDS1774 p 156
Thomas REYNOLDS1883 p 287
William REYNOLDS1866 p 185
George WATTS1852 p 168
1883 p 469
John WATTS1837 p 258
Samuel WATTS1832 p 199
Sarah WATTS1827 p 197
I retrieved the microfiche copies of 3 of the WATTS Wills. Edited highlights are as follows.
George WATTS (1852): wife Alice, sons George, William, John & Thomas. Nothing left to son Joseph as he has been provided for. Also daughter Sophia, wife of Simon BODDINGTON.
George WATTS (1883): trustees & executors John Willson Ashby [WATTS?] of Knaptoft and Joseph WATTS, druggist of Attercliffe, Sheffield. Sister Sophia BODDINGTON of Dunton Bassett, nephew Thomas BODDINGTON, brothers John Willson WATTS of Attercliffe and Thomas WATTS of London. Death 30 Nov 1882 [as gravestone], proved 13 July 1883. Gross £980:17:8, nett £550:10:11
John WATTS [more difficult to read]: sisters Sarah WATTS spinster who lives with John; Frances, wife of Samuel WATTS (their eldest daughter is Matilda), and Mary, wife of Richard JOHNSON. Heavily mentioned throughout are Richard JOHNSON and William PAYNE.
IGI (C036971 & M036971)
Matilda c 9 September 1817 of John & Elizabeth BRIAN
Thomas c 17 November 1822 of John & Elizabeth BRIAN
William c 15 January 1824 of John & Elizabeth BRIAN
Hannah c 25 September 1827 of John & Elizabeth BRIAN
Mary c 13 June 1824 of William & Ann BRYAN
Silby c 13 November 1825 of William & Ann BRYAN
John James c 8 September 1864 of Joseph & Sarah COBLEY
Ann c 29 November 1818 of John & Elizabeth DUNCKLEY
Elizabeth c 4 Feb 1871 of Thomas & Mary DUNKLEY
John c 13 September 1840 of Joseph & Elizabeth DUNKLEY
John c 10 September 1854 of Joseph & Catharine DUNKLEY
Charles c 25 May 1856 of William & Ann DUNKLEY
John DUNKLEY m Sophia LEE 25 December 1843
William DUNKLEY m Elizabeth WRIGHT 7 April 1844
Mary c 1 April 1838 of Thomas FORD & Matilda
Mary Ann c 25 July 1841 of Robert FORD & Lucy
Catharine c 1 June 1823 of Absalom REYNOLDS & Mary
Absalom c 30 March 1828 of Absalom REYNOLDS & Mary
Hepzibah c 18 July 1841 of William REYNOLDS & Elizabeth
Catherine Mary c 19 November 1865 of Absalom REYNOLDS & Selina
John BROWN m Mary REYNOLDS 8 September 1867
Sarah c 13 November 1836 of John TWIGDEN & Sarah
Dunton Bassett Churchyard
In memory of Edmund CRANE died November 26 1917 aged 91, also of Hephzibah, his wife, who died February 12 1853, and Martha, his second wife, died March 13 1911 aged 79
William BIRD son of William and Mary BIRD who died the 2nd of June 1850 aged 55 years also of James BIRD son of William and Mary BIRD who died 14th of June 1861
Elizabeth HEWITT born December 16 1810 died February 20 1901
William HEWITT born June 30 1810 died January 16 1879, erected by his son J T HEWITT
Memory of George FORD who died June 13 1863 aged 69 years, also of Mary his wife who died March 2 1861 aged 68 years
In loving memory of Mary FORD the beloved wife of John FORD who died May 5 1890 aged 80 years
In loving memory of William FORD who died June 10 1897 aged 72 years – blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Also Alice May grandchild of the above and daughter of John and Mary FORD died January 11 1897 aged 9 months
In affectionate remembrance of John, the beloved son of Thomas & Louisa REYNOLDS who died July 21 1870 aged 20 years
Parents farewell and sisters dear with you I could not stay
Just in my prime of blooming years death hurried me away
Also William, the beloved son of the above who died April 29 1860 aged 8 years
War memorial: J W KILLPACK of the Leicestershire Regiment in WWI
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