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'''County town:''' Leicester | '''County town:''' Leicester | ||
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'''Other major towns:''' Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville | '''Other major towns:''' Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville | ||
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Leicestershire | Leicestershire Places of Worship]]''' | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Leicestershire | Leicestershire Places of Worship]]''' | ||
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| [[Image: EnglandLeicestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | | [[Image: EnglandLeicestershire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | ||
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/ Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks] | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/ Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistershl.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[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 ] | + | *[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] | ||
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*[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] | ||
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*[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 | + | *[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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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. |
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County town: Leicester Other major towns: Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville |
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.
A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:
- Research Offers: Cemetery
- Research Offers: Photograph
- Research Offers: Probate
- Research Offers: Record Office/Archive
If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.
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