# Allexton

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**Allexton** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Harborough](/source/Harborough_District) district of [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), England. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 58. At the 2011 census the population of the village remained less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of [Horninghold](/source/Horninghold).

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Æthellac or Athellak'.[1]

The [Eye Brook](/source/Eye_Brook) forms the county boundary with [Rutland](/source/Rutland), on the other side of which is [Belton-in-Rutland](/source/Belton-in-Rutland). It is also the boundary between the dioceses of [Leicester](/source/Diocese_of_Leicester) and [Peterborough](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Peterborough). The [A47](/source/A47_road) runs east–west between the villages and the Hallaton Road links Allexton with [Hallaton](/source/Hallaton).

The parish church of [St Peter's, Allexton](/source/St_Peter's,_Allexton) is in the care of the [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust).[2] The parish has been merged with Hallaton as part of the united benefice with the parishes of East Norton, Tugby, Slawston and Horninghold. St Peter's Church was originally built between 1160 and 1180 but there have been several modifications, including the additions of a tower and side aisles, and a major restoration in 1862 by William Millican.

Allexton is a farming parish of around 1000 acres with a mixture of arable, grazing and woodland. The grazing is for sheep and horses and there is an equestrian centre at Allexton Hall. Two lakes and woodland surrounding the hall provide fishing and shooting facilities. Until the 1920s almost all the houses and land were part of the Allexton Hall estate. The only old houses are the Old Rectory, Bridge House (formerly the Wilson's Arms) and the Cottage. The current Hall was rebuilt in 1902 but there have been other buildings on the site since Tudor times. In the 13th century the Lord lived in a fortalice (a moated manor house) the remains of which lie buried in a field adjacent to the present hall.

## References

1. ["Key to English Place-names"](http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Allexton). *kepn.nottingham.ac.uk*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210810065821/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.17/jquery-ui.js) 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

1. ["St Peter, Allexton"](https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-peter-allexton.html), [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust), [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191002203350/https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-peter-allexton.html) 2 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 1 February 2018

- Vivian Anthony - The Survival of a Village: The History of Allexton - 2009 Pub. Spiegl Press ISBN 0-902544-62-4

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