Belton Leicestershire Family History Guide

Belton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Gracedieu.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1538
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578

Nonconformists include: General Baptist New Connexion, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Sheepshed
• Long Whatton
• Breedon on the Hill
• Diseworth
• Thringstone
• Osgathorpe
• Whitwick

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BELTON, a parish in Loughborough district, Leicester; 4½ miles NNE of Swannington r. station, and 6 WNW of Loughborough.

Its statistics include the extra-parochial tract of Grace-Dieu; and its Post Town is Sheepshead, under Loughborough. Acres, 1,900. Real property, £5,259. Pop., 781. Houses, 161. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £179. Patron, the Marquis of Hastings. The church is a fine old edifice, with tower and spire; and contains a monument of Roesia de Verdun, the founder of Grace-Dieu nunnery.

There are two dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, a national school, and a great annual horse fair.

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

Parish Records

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England, Leicestershire, Belton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, of Belton, Leicestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

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

England, Leicestershire, Belton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Belton, 1578-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Belton, bishop transcripts, 1578-1884
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belton (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Belton, church records

England, Leicestershire, Belton, church records, 1538-1959
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Belton (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Belton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Belton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1577-1762
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Belton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1763-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Belton, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1763-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Belton – Civil registration – Indexes ( 1 )
Loughborough Registration District : marriage index 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

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Administration

• County: Leicestershire
• Civil Registration District: Loughborough
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
• Diocese: Peterborough
• Rural Deanery: Akeley
• Poor Law Union: Loughborough
• Hundred: West Goscote
• Province: Canterbury