Peckleton is a small village and former
civil parish, now in the parish of
Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the
Hinckley and Bosworth district of
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...
, England. The villages of
Kirkby Mallory and
Stapleton also form part of the parish. Thus, according to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,077, falling slightly to 1,067 at the 2011 census. Due east of the village is Peckleton Common, adjacent to The Glebe Fisheries, an angling centre of excellence completed in 1996. The local church, St Mary Magdalene, is located just south of the village centre.
Notable residents of Peckleton include
George Vincent (MP), heir (through his mother) to the Moton family which held the
manor of Peckleton for centuries; and descendants of
Charles Henry Bennett, illustrator to Charles Darwin and Lewis Carroll.
Civil parish
On 1 April 1935 the parishes of Kirkby Mallory and Stapleton were merged with Peckleton, the merged parish was later renamed "Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton". In 1931 the parish of Peckleton (prior to the merge) had a population of 283.
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Villages in Leicestershire
Former civil parishes in Leicestershire
Hinckley and Bosworth
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