While I was doing my Ancestry-powered research into the Sleath family tree, I learned that the Sleaths spent several generations in the town of Gilmorton. The wiki page for Gilmorton mentioned a book, “A History of the Parish of Gilmorton in the County of Leicester” published in 1918. I found I could buy this via a print-on-demand firm advertising on abebooks.co.uk, and a few weeks later, the book arrived.
It is an interesting book in its own right, recording several hundred years in the life of this small, typical yet historic village. And while there were several mentions of the Sleaths as minor characters in that village, this was particularly enjoyable:
It would be lovely to visit Gilmorton and see if I can find this. However, my expectations are low. I stumbled across this site, whose images are all broken, but included this snippet:
“”Cherry Tree Cottage” once known as “Box Tree House” is dated 1710 and is probably the oldest brick built cottage in the village. It was once two dwellings but recent restoration work has largely obliterated the evidence.”
I found Cherry Tree Cottage via this site. Which appears to be here:
And via Google Street View, this seems to just have a 1710 written on it:
So it looks like somewhere between 1918 and 2009, some maniacs covered off the reference to the Sleaths, but kept the year.
Ah well, maybe I’ll still go to Gilmorton to visit the church and perhaps follow the Gilmorton Historic Village Trail.
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