Leysters Herefordshire Family History Guide

Leysters is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Herefordshire, created in 1717 from a chapelry in Tenbury Ancient Parish (Worcestershire).

Alternative names: Laysters, Leisters

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1703
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAYSTERS, or LEYSTERS, a parish, with a village, in Leominster district, Herefordshire; adjacent to Worcestershire, 4½ miles SSW of Tenbury r. station, and 5 NE of Leominster. Post town, Tenbury. Acres, 1,989. Real property, £2,204. Pop. in 1851, 210; in 1861, 283. Houses, 51. The increase of pop. arose partly from the opening of a brick yard. The property is divided among a few. A moated seat of the priors of Sheen was here. A tumulus is near the church. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £335. Patron, Mrs. Prescott. The church is ancient, has a tower, and was restored about 1841. There are a parochial school and charities £16.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Herefordshire, Hammish

England, Herefordshire, Laysters – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Kimbolton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Laysters, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Herefordshire, Laysters – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Laysters, 1638-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laysters (Herefordshire)

Parish registers for Laysters, 1703-1963
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laysters (Herefordshire)

England, Herefordshire, Laysters – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Kimbolton, Herefs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Laysters, Hereford, England ; christenings, 1749-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Laysters, Hereford, England ; marriages, 1755-1848
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Herefordshire, Laysters – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Kimbolton, 1783-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Herefordshire)

Land tax assessments for the parish of Laysters, 1783-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Herefordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Leominster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Burford
  • Poor Law Union: Leominster
  • Hundred: Wolphy
  • Province: Canterbury