Belgrave is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Birstall is a chapelry of Belgrave.
Other places in the parish include: South Thurmaston.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566
Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BELGRAVE, a township and a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester. The township lies on the river Soar, the Fosse way, and the Midland railway, 1½ mile NNE of Leicester; and has a post-office under Leicester. It gives the title of Viscount to the Marquis of Westminster. Real property, £9,333. Pop., 1,510. Houses, 341.
The parish includes also the township of South Thurmaston and the chapelry of Birstall. Acres, 3,450. Real property, with North Thurmaston, £18,943. Pop., 2,808. Houses, 625. Belgrave House and a half-share of the manor belong to Isaac Harrison, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Birstall, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £146. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is later English, but has a Norman door; and contains monuments and a curious font.
There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, a national school, town-lands worth £90 a year, and other charities £36.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions of Belgrave Cemetery
Monumental inscriptions, Belgrave (St. Peter), Leicester, England
Monumental inscriptions, in Belgrave Churchyard, Belgrave, Leicestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Belgrave, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave – Church records ( 16 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Belgrave, 1578-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Birstall, 1562-1870
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birstall (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave : St Michael and All Angels, 1887-1983
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave, bishop transcripts, 1565-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave, church records
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave, church records : St. Peter’s Church, 1653-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Birstall and Belgrave, church records
England, Leicestershire, Birstall, bishop transcripts, 1562-1870
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birstall (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
Extracts from the parish registers of Belgrave
Author: Blaydes, F A
Leicestershire parish registers : variations, additions and corrections to the Phillimore’s parish register series
Marriages at Belgrave, 1565-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire)
Marriages at Birstall, 1574-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Birstall (Leicestershire)
Marriages at Thurmaston, 1719-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Thurmaston (Leicestershire)
Parish register transcripts, 1565-1895
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire)
Parish register transcripts, 1605-1610
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Thurmaston (Leicestershire); Foster, Charles Wilmer, 1866-1935
Parish registers for Belgrave, 1653-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belgrave (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Belgrave, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1565-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Leicestershire, Belgrave – History ( 1 )
Belgrave as I remember it
Author: Couchman, Elizabeth
Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Barrow upon Soar
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Goscote
- Poor Law Union: Barrow upon Soar
- Hundred: East Goscote; West Goscote
- Province: Canterbury
