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'''County town:''' Leicester
 
'''County town:''' Leicester
 
  
 
'''Other major towns:''' Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville
 
'''Other major towns:''' Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville
 
  
 
'''[[Places_of_Worship:Leicestershire | Leicestershire Places of Worship]]'''
 
'''[[Places_of_Worship:Leicestershire | Leicestershire Places of Worship]]'''
  
 
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/  Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/  Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks]
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/leicslookup/ Leicestershire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071005123840/http://uk.geocities.com/leicslookup/ Leicestershire Look-up Exchange]
  
  
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*[http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/index.html Leicestershire during World War Two]
 
*[http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/index.html Leicestershire during World War Two]
  
*[http://www.leicestershireroots.co.uk/ Leicestershire Roots ]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228042011/http://www.leicestershireroots.co.uk/ Leicestershire Roots ]
  
 
*[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/ Leicestershire Villages]
 
*[http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/ Leicestershire Villages]
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*[http://www.logicmarque.co.uk/barwell.htm Barwell]
 
*[http://www.logicmarque.co.uk/barwell.htm Barwell]
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*[http://www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk/html/baptism_registers.html Bishop Street Methodist Church Baptism Registers]
  
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/index.htm The Guys of Bottesford]  
 
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/index.htm The Guys of Bottesford]  
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/epitaphsingravey00pageiala Epitaphs in the Graveyard and Chapel of the Great Meeting, Leicester]  
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/epitaphsingravey00pageiala Epitaphs in the Graveyard and Chapel of the Great Meeting, Leicester]  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pond/1598/stmargs.html St. Margaret's Church, Leicester. Marriages: July 1, 1837 to May 12, 1897]
 
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/st_martins_leicester/monnames.htm St Martin's Cathedral, Leicester - Monumental Inscriptions from 1589]
 
  
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/accountsofchurch00leic Accounts of Churchwardens of St Martin's Church, Leicester 1489-1844]  
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/accountsofchurch00leic Accounts of Churchwardens of St Martin's Church, Leicester 1489-1844]  
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/welford_road_cemetery/welcem1.htm Some Inscriptions from Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester]
 
  
 
*[http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/pot/lough/loughhome.html Materials for Loughborough 1540-1640]
 
*[http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/pot/lough/loughhome.html Materials for Loughborough 1540-1640]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/rothleybirth2.htm Rothley Baptist Births Part two]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/rothleybirth2.htm Rothley Baptist Births Part two]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20040306235816/www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pond/1598/stmargs.html St.Margaret's parish, Leicester - Marriage Index]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070808180727/http://uk.geocities.com/st_martins_leicester/monnames.htm St Martin's Cathedral Monuments]
  
 
*[http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/Sheepy/ Records for Sheepy Magna]
 
*[http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/Sheepy/ Records for Sheepy Magna]
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*[http://www.leicester.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=1163 Welford Road Cemetery]
 
*[http://www.leicester.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=1163 Welford Road Cemetery]
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/welford_road_cemetery/welcem1.htm Welford Road cemetery plan]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070922143530/http://uk.geocities.com/welford_road_cemetery/welcem1.htm Welford Road Cemetery - plan]
  
 
*[http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/localhis.htm Wymeswold Local History]
 
*[http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/localhis.htm Wymeswold Local History]
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*[http://www.bishopstreetchurch.org.uk/html/memorial_plaques.html War memorials at Bishop Street Methodist Church]
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'''Photographs and Maps'''
 
'''Photographs and Maps'''
  
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
  
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Photographs of the East Midlands]
 
  
  
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
==Record Office  & Archive Lookup Requests==
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'''Record Office  & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
 
*Leicestershire R/O [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=30 JoJo]
 
 
 
 
 
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*Leicester/Leicestershire (anywhere) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=30 JoJo]
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 16 May 2023

Situated in the centre of England, Leicestershire at one time included England's smallest county of Rutland.

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



Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest



Photographs and Maps



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)

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.


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

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