TIMELINE
COLEORTON
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1085
ROBERT DE BUCI
ROBERT DE BUCI, LORD OF THE MANOR
OF OVERTONE OWNED 500 ACRES OF LAND. OVERTONE LAND LEASED TO WARIN WHO BECAME LORD OF THE MANOR
1166
LUCAN DE QUATREMARS
LUCAS DE QUATREMARS OWNED 1440 ACRES OF LAND IN OVERTONE AND GODSBY. LUCAS HAD 4 CHILDREN - WILLIAM, ADAM, ADA AND AGNES
c. 1209-1235
WILLIAM DE QUATREMARS
WILLIAM DE QUATREMARS THOUGHT TO BE THE SON OF LUCAS ABOVE, BECAME THE ADVOWSON / LORD OF THE MANOR OF OVERTONE c.1209 AND THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO OVERTONE QUATREMARS . WILLIAM HELD IT TILL 1235
1235
ADAM DE QUATREMARS
​ADAM DE QUATREMARS, SON OF LUCAS, INHERITED OVERTON QUATREMARS FROM HIS BROTHER WILLIAM ON HIS DEATH, AND BECAME LORD OF THE MANOR
c.1303
SIR WILLIAM MAUREWARD JUNIOR
SIR WILLIAM MAUREWARD JUNIOR HELD THE GRANT OF FREE-WARREN AND WAS LORD OF THE MANOR
c.1328
JOHN MAREWARD
SIR WILLIAM MAUREWARD JUNIOR GRANTED HIS MANOR OF OVERTON QUATREMARS TO HIS SON JOHN MAUREWARD.
1625-1658
SIR SAPCOTE BEAUMONT FORTIFIES MANOR HOUSE
​SIR SAPCOTE BEAUMONT, 2ND VISCOUNT OF SWORDS-LORD OF THE MANOR. SAID TO HAVE FORTIFIED THE MANOR HOUSE DURING THE CIVIL WAR, HOWEVER, IT WAS TAKEN BY THE PARLIAMENTARY FORCES IN IN 1644 AND UTILISED BY THE EARL OF STAMFORD AND LORD GREY OF GROBY AS THE PARLIAMENTARY HEADQUARTERS FOR THE AREA.
1346
JOHN MAREWARD DIES
JOHN MAUREWARD DIED WHILST HOLDING THE MANOR IN EXTENT OF THE CASTLE OF ROCKINGHAM. THE LORDSHIP OF THE MANOR STAYED IN THE HANDS OF THE MAUREWARD FAMILY UNTIL 1426
1426
SIR THOMAS BEAUMONT INHERITS MANOR
IN 1426 SIR THOMAS BEAUMONT INHERITED THE MANOR THROUGH MARRIAGE TO PHILIPPINE (AKA PHILIPPA) MAUREWARD. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS MAUREWARD, WHO WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH ODDING SELES. THOMAS WAS
THE SON OF WILLIAM MAUREWARD
1485 -1531
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT GRANTED MANOR
THE MANOR WAS RE-INSTATED TO SIR JOHN BEAUMONT (SON OF SIR JOHN ABOVE) BY HENRY Vll.
1650
RICHARD BEAUMONT BORN
RICHARD BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON WITH ITS EXISTING MANOR HOUSE WAS BORN IN THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF HATHERN IN 1650
1538-1585
NICHOLAS BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
NICHOLAS BEAUMONT-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1585-1607
SIR HENRY BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR HENRY BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1702-1737
SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, 4th BARONET OF STOUGHTON, LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1737-1738
REV LEWIS BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
REV LEWIS BEAUMONT, 5TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1658-1702
SIR THOMAS BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR THOMAS BEAUMONT, 3RD VISCOUNT OF SWORDS-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1845-1882
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND BEAUMONT, 9TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON, LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1762-1827
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
1882-1914
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND WILLIAM BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND WILLIAM BEAUMONT, 10TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1914-1933
SIR GEORGE ARTHUR HAMILTON BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE ARTHUR HAMILTON BEAUMONT, 11TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON – IN 1920 MOST OF THE BEAUMONT ESTATE WAS SOLD OFF.
1457-1464
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR JOHN BEAUMONT (SON OF
SIR THOMAS ) LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
c.1243 to c.1254
GEOFFREY MAUREWARD MARRIES
GEOFFREY MAUREWARD MARRIED ADA DE QUATREMARS (DAUGHTER AND ONLY CHILD OF ADAM DE QUATREMARS) IN 1235.
c.1254 to ?
JOHN CLAREL
JOHN CLAREL (SUB-DEACON) HELD CERTAIN LANDS IN OVERTON QUATREMARS BUT SIR WILLIAM MAUREWARD Kt. WAS LORD OF THE MANOR
1130
DE BUCI LAND PASSED TO BASSETT
ROBERT DE BUCIS’ LAND IN OVERTONE PASSED ONTO RICHARD BASSET
1464-1485
RICHARD HASTINGS GRANTED MANOR
FROM 1464 TO 1485, EDWARD lV GRANTED THE MANOR TO RICHARD HASTINGS
1933-1947
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND FRANCIS BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND FRANCIS BEAUMONT, 12TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON, LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1948
COLEORTON HALL AND GROUNDS SOLD
HALL AND GROUND SOLD TO THE NATIONAL COAL BOARD FOR THEIR AREA NO.7. HEADQUARTERS.
1722
21 FREEHOLDERS POLLED AT OSGATHORPE
21 FREEHOLDERS POLLED AT OSGATHORPE
1755
13 FREEHOLDERS POLLED AT OSGATHORPE
13 FREEHOLDERS POLLED AT OSGATHORPE
Mid 1700s
ALE HOUSE ESTABLISHED (NOW STOREY ARMS)
ALE HOUSE ESTABLISHED WHERE STOREY ARMS IS NOW. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "SEVEN STARS".
Pre 1761
LIMESTONE QUARRYING AND BURNING
LIMESTONE QUARRYING AND LIME BURNING TAKING PLACE AT BARROW HILL. ALSO LIME BURNING AT OSGATHORPE TAKING PLACE
1776
MONEY RAISED FOR POOR
£2 9s. 6d PAID FOR THE RENTING OF WORKHOUSE AND INHABITANTS (LOUGHBOROUGH, COLEORTON, ASHBY ??). IN THE YEAR 1776 ENDING EASTER, THE MONEY RAISED IN OSGATHORPE FOR THE POOR WAS
£70 10s. 0d.
1785
ENCLOSURE
ENCLOSURE OF THE LORDSHIP OR LIBERTY OF OSGATHORPE TOOK PLACE. THE LORDSHIP CONTAINED 800 ACRES
c. 1800
DAWSON ROAD BRIDGE BUILT
DAWSON'S ROAD BRIDGE BUILT (FORMERLY POL MATCHET'S LANE) - GRADE ll LISTED.
1801
300 INHABITANTS
300 INHABITANTS RECORDED IN NATIONAL CENSUS
1802
LORD OF THE MANOR PHILIP BAINBRIGGE STORY
LORD OF THE MANOR IN NAME ONLY WAS REV. PHILIP STORY OF LOCKINGTON AND DID NOT RESIDE AT OSGATHORPE
1811
LUDDITES VISIT TO OSGATHORPE
ON THURSDAY 5TH DEC, FRAMEWORK KNITTERS IN OSGATHORPE RECEIVED VISITS FROM THE LUDDITES SOLICITING CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CAUSE
1814
ANN MOORE'S CHARITABLE LEGACY
CHARITABLE LEGACY LEFT BY MRS. ANN MOORE, INCLUDING TO THE METHODIST SOCIETY OF OSGATHORPE.
1851 to 1861
NEW RECTORY BUILT
NEW RECTORY ESTABLISHED OPPOSITE CHURCH. GRADE ll LISTED. CORE OF BUILDING THOUGHT TO BE c.1830
1830
ELECTION OF TWO KNIGHTS
POLL FOR ELECTION OF TWO KNIGHTS FOR THE SHIRE - 12 FREEHOLDERS IN OSGATHORPE ENTITLED TO VOTE.
1834
SCHOOL MASTER SAMUEL BRANSON DIES
MR. SAMUEL BRANSON, SCHOOL MASTER FOR 40 YRS AT THE HARLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL DIED.
1835
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL BUILT
OSGATHORPE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL BUILT ON THE CORNER OF CHAPEL LANE - 100 FREE AND 29 OTHER SITTINGS. METHODIST SOCIETY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO 1814.
1841
396 INHABITANTS RECORDED
396 INHABITANTS RECORDED IN NATIONAL CENSUS
c.1846
LORD OF THE MANOR PHILIP JOHN BAINBRIGGE STORY
PHILIP JOHN BAINBRIGGE STORY WAS LORD OF THE MANOR IN NAME ONLY, BUT DIDN'T RESIDE IN OSGATHORPE
1851 to 1885
HORSE SADDLE/HARNESS/COLLAR MAKING
HORSE SADDLE / HARNESS AND COLLAR MAKING AT OSGATHORPE RECORDED
1861
ST MARY'S CHURCH RESTORATIONS
ST.MARY'S CHURCH EXTENSIVELY RESTORED BY JOSEPH MITCHELL AT A COST OF £800
1891
FIRST RESIDENT DOCTOR
EDWARD E. SERRES B.A. THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST RESIDENT SURGEON (GP) AT OSGATHORPE.
1893
CONTINUATION SCHOOL ESTABLISHED
CONTINUATION SCHOOL ESTABLISHED BY THIS DATE AT OSGATHORPE AND BELIEVED TO BE HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE EVENINGS AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR VILLAGERS OR LOCALS.
1896
PRIMOSE LEAGUE ESTABLISHED
THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE ESTABLISHED BY THIS DATE IN OSGATHORPE
1901
HARLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLOSED
HARLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CLOSED. LATER USED AS A LIBRARY AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS AN INFANT SCHOOL
c.1931
ST MARY'S TOWER & VESTRY ADDED
TOWER AND VESTRY TO THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH ADDED, WHICH CONTAINED TWO BELLS
1938
BREEDON LANE CEMETERY OPENS FOR BURIALS
OSGATHORPE NEW CEMETERY CONSECRATED FOR BURIALS
1957
RECTOR C.W.J. PERRY DIES
DEATH OF WELL LOVED RECTOR REV. C.W. J. PERRY - RECTOR OF OSGATHORPE
1738-1762
SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, 6TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
1791
CHARNWOOD FOREST CANAL COMPLETED
CHARNWOOD FOREST CANAL PASSED THROUGH OSGATHORPE. JUNCTION HOUSE IN OSGATHORPE WAS BUILT TO SERVE THE CANAL.
1939
WW2 EVACUEES HOUSED AT OSGATHORPE
WORLD WAR TWO EVACUEES ADMITTED AT OSGATHORPE
1827-1845
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND WILLOUGHBY BEAUMONT LORD OF THE MANOR
SIR GEORGE HOWLAND WILLOUGHBY BEAUMONT, 8TH BARONET OF STOUGHTON-LORD OF THE MANOR OF COLEORTON
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