Aylestone Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Aylestone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Lubbesthorpe and Glen Parva are chapelries of Aylestone.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566

Nonconformists include: Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Aylestone from the railway Leicester
Aylestone from the railway Leicester

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

AYLESTONE, a village and a parish in Blaby district, Leicester. The village stands at the junction of the Union canal with the river Soar, near the Fosse-way, 1½ mile WNW of Wigston r. station, and 2½ S by W of Leicester. Pop., 392. Houses, 90.

The parish includes also the township of Glen-Parva and the chapelry of Lubbesthorpe; and its Post Town is Leicester. Acres, 3,850. Real property, £5,444. Pop., 575. Houses, 132. The property is not much divided. Aylestone Hall was formerly the seat of the Rutland family; and is an ancient mansion recently restored.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £845. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is a substantial structure, with tower and lofty spire. A neat national school, in the Gothic style, was recently built.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

AYLESTONE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Blaby, partly in the hundred of Guthlaxton, and partly in that of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of Leicester, 2½ miles (S. by W.) from Leicester; containing, with the township of Glen Parva and the chapelry of Lubbesthorpe, 757 inhabitants.

It is situated on the road to Lutterworth, and contains about 2700 acres; the Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor. The Union canal passes through the parish, and soon after joins the river Soar.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £31. 8. 11½.; net income, £845; patron, the Duke of Rutland. The tithes were commuted for 350 acres of land, in 1767.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions from the Parish of St. Andrew, Ayleston in Leicester Co., England, abt, 1704-1880
Author: Moll, Patricia

Monumental inscriptions, from the Parish Churchyard, Aylestone, Leicestershire
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Aylestone, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone – Church history ( 1 )
Ayleston Manor and Church : being a history of the parish of Ayleston, Leicestershire, and its connection with the families of Pemburgge, Vernon, and Manners, and an account of the parish church and its rectors
Author: Dare, M. Paul

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Aylestone, 1566-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aylestone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone, church records : St. James’ Church, 1881-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aylestone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone, church records, 1561-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aylestone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Glenn-Parva, church records, 1887-1941
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aylestone (Leicestershire); Church of England. Chapelry of Glenn-Parva (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Aylestone (with Glen Parva and Lubbesthorpe), 1561-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aylestone (Leicestershire); Church of England. Chapelry of Lubbesthorpe

England, Leicestershire, Aylestone – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Aylestone, Leicester, England, christenings, 1726-1871
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Blaby
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Guthlaxton
  • Poor Law Union: Blaby
  • Hundred: Guthlaxton; Sparkenhoe
  • Province: Canterbury