Woodhouse, Leicestershire

Coordinates: 52°44′1.00″N 1°12′6.00″W / 52.7336111°N 1.2016667°W / 52.7336111; -1.2016667

Cottage in Woodhouse

Woodhouse, often known to locals as Old Woodhouse, is a small village in the heart of Charnwood, England.^[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,319, including around 300 term-time boarders at the Defence College.^[2] Located between the larger Woodhouse Eaves and Quorn villages, the village contains a mixture of small cottages and large modern houses. It is a commuter village for both Leicester and Loughborough, as well as further afield.

Beaumanor Hall, ancestral home of the Herrick family, was used as a listening station during the war. The Hall is now owned by Leicestershire County Council and is used as an educational base with outdoor activities.^[3]

In 2005 Welbeck College moved to the village, on the edge of the grounds of Beaumanor Hall.^[4]

The village has 130 homes and around 400 people living in it.^[5]

The oldest part of the village is the church, which is believed to date back to the 17th century. This is evident on the side of the church near to where the Herrick family are buried, as a large number of indentations show where arrows were sharpened for hunting. The village was originally linear; however, the army barracks created a more nucleated village with more modern housing than the typical Georgian architecture seen throughout.

The village has no services and relies on surrounding villages and towns for shops etc. The village is low on the settlement hierarchy.

The Martin family

The most famous past residents of Woodhouse include the Martin family, formerly of Anstey, Leicestershire, who gave their name to the Anstey Martin High School and were once an extremely powerful family in Leicester. They left Anstey and moved into the Brand. Col Sir Robert Andrew Martin, who lived at The Brand, was Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1965 to 1989 and a distinguished soldier.

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Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood
Towns	Loughborough Shepshed Syston
Large villages	Anstey Barrow upon Soar Birstall East Goscote Mountsorrel Quorn Rothley Sileby Thurmaston
Small villages	Barkby Beeby Burton on the Wolds Cossington Cropston Hathern Hoton Newtown Linford Queniborough Ratcliffe on the Wreake Rearsby Seagrave South Croxton Swithland Thrussington Thurcaston Ulverscroft Walton on the Wolds Wanlip Woodhouse Woodhouse Eaves Wymeswold
Hamlets	Barkby Thorpe Cotes Prestwold