Kegworth, Leicestershire

Description
Kegworth, a small town, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire. The town stands on an eminence, on the W bank of the river Soar, at the boundary with Notts, 1 mile W from Kegworth station on the M.R., and 6 miles NW by N of Loughborough; was anciently called Cogeworde or Cogesworde; had long a weekly market; carries on trade in framework knitting, embroidering, basket-making, mailing and brewing, corn-milling, plaster-making, and farming. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Derby, a stone bridge over the Soar, a church, Baptist, Free Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, a temperance hall used for concerts and public meetings, an endowed' national school, and charities worth about £54 a year. The church is an old and handsome edifice in the Decorated style, dating from the-early part of the 14th century; consists of nave, aisles, transept, and chancel, with tower and spire, and was restored in 1859. The township includes the town, and extends into the country. The parish contains also the chapelry and township of Isley Walton, and comprises 2295 acres; population, 2149. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Isley Walton, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £800 with residence. Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge.