Leicestershire

Situated in the centre of England, Leicestershire now includes what was once England's smallest county of Rutland. The county is a stronghold of fox hunting with famous hunts such as the Quorn, the Belvoir and the Cottesmore meeting regularly in the winter season. Market Harborough's claim to fame is the invention of the liberty bodice and later other ladies undergarments. Lady Jane Grey, the nine-days queen executed by Mary Tudor, lived part of her short life at Bradgate House in Charnwood forest near Leicester.

County town: Leicester Other major towns: Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville Leicestershire Places of Worship Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

• Leicestershire Libraries & Information Service

• Leicestershire Family History Society

• Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks

• Leicestershire Look-up Exchange

• Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Leicester Chronicler

• Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Parish Records

• Leicestershire during World War Two

• Leicestershire Roots

• Leicestershire Villages

• Leicester Wills 1552-1546

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Appleby Magna and Appleby Parva

• Ashby De La Zouch museum

• Barlestone

• Barrow upon Soar

• Barwell

• The Guys of Bottesford Includes online Bottesford Parish Records

• St Mary's Church, Broughton Astley

• Enderby Parish Records

• Framland Hundred Pages Includes Village Maps and Directory Listings for this area of North-East Leicestershire

• Hoton Marriages 1654-1826

• St. Margaret's Church, Leicester. Marriages: July 1, 1837 to May 12, 1897

• St Martin's Cathedral, Leicester - Monumental Inscriptions from 1589

• Some Inscriptions from Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester

• Materials for Loughborough 1540-1640

• Lubenham

• Measham links and records

• Netherseal and Overseal Parish Pages Includes Parish Records and Trade Directory Listings

• Quorn Village Site

• Ratcliffe Culey - Includes some Parish Records

• Redmile Archive Includes some Census and Parish Records

• Rothley Baptist Births Part one

• Rothley Baptist Births Part two

• Records for Sheepy Magna

• Somerby Baptisms - 1813 to 1830

• Swannington Heritage

• Tilton on the Hill

• Wartnaby Marriages 1635-1838

• Wymeswold Local History

Photographs and Maps

• Photographs of the East Midlands

Books of local interest

Register Office

For events within Leicestershire but not within the city of Leicester:

Leicestershire Registration Service
County Register Office
County Hall
Leicester Road
Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RN

Tel 0116 265 6509 (for further information and general enquiries only)

• Copy certificates for family history-Genealogy

E-mail registration@leics.gov.uk

Orders cannot be taken by phone or e-mail, postal applications only. Copy certificates usually supplied within 3-5 days of order.

Leicester City holdings office at:

Leicestershire Records Office
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicestershire
LE8 2AH

• City of Leicester Events

Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Record Office Lookup Contacts

• Leicestershire R/O JoJo

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Leicester/Leicestershire (anywhere) JoJo

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

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