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Revision as of 10:00, 21 June 2007

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Leicestershire


County town: Leicester

Other major towns: Hinkley, Loughborough, Coalville


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.











Register Office Contact Details

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)

Website: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.

For the following areas and dates you will need to apply to the Leicester City holdings office at:

Leicestershire Records Office

Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicestershire

LE8 2AH



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 linked above.


Records Office Lookup Contacts

  • Leicestershire R/O Jojo

Cemetery 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 linked above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

  • Leicester/Leicestershire (anywhere):Jojo


Links


Local History Society



OPC



Archives



Family and Social History



Maps & Photographs


Countywide interest



Specific Town Village interest


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




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