History of Syston - POSTPONED
When |
Dec 31, 2020
from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM |
---|---|
Where | Upper Broughton Village Hall |
Contact Name | Rosemary Russell |
Contact Phone | 01664 822458 |
Add event to calendar |
![]() ![]() |
In 1871 Syston was described thus:
SYSTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicestershire. The village stands at a forking of the Midland railway system, near the river Wreak, 5 miles NNE of Leicester; carries on frame-work-knitting and some malting; and has a railway station with telegraph, and a post-office under Leicester.—The parish comprises 1,380 acres with a population of 1,656 in 367 houses. Gypsum is found, and formerly was much worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Patron, the University of Oxford. The church is large and good. There are three dissenting chapels, a grammar-school, a national school, and charities
Has it changed? Roy Young is the man who will tell us.........