Barsby Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Barsby is a chapelry of Ashby Folville Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Baresby

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Barsby Village, Leicester
Barsby Village, Leicester

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARSBY a chapelry in Ashby-Folville parish, Leicestershire; 6 miles E of Syston r. station, and 10 NE of Leicester. Post Town, Gaddesby under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1,030. Real property, £2,219. Pop., 290 Houses, 63.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Barsby – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barsby, 1813-1855
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Barsby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Barsby and Ashby-Folville, church records

Parish registers for Ashby-Folville, 1653-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashby-Folville (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Barsby, 1813-1875
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Barsby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Barsby – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Ashby Folville, Leicester, England, christenings, 1579-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Barsby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Rothley
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Goscote
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: East Goscote
  • Province: Canterbury