Bitteswell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BITTESWELL, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near Watling-street, 1 mile NNW of Lutterworth, and 2 ESE of Ullesthorpe r. station. It has a post-office under Lutterworth.
Acres, 2,630. Real property, £4,384. Pop., 438. Houses, 105. The property is subdivided. There is a mineral spring.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £428. Patrons, the Haberdashers’ Company and Christ’s Hospital, London. The church is good; and there are an endowed school, six alms-houses, and other charities £69.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bitteswell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bitteswell, 1565-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bitteswell (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell, bishop transcripts, 1565-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bitteswell (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell, church records
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell, church records, 1558-1983
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bitteswell (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
Marriages at Bitteswell, 1558-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bitteswell (Leicestershire)
Monumental inscriptions of Bitteswell Cemetery
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Leicestershire & Rutland F.H.S. county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Bitteswell
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society
Parish register printouts of Bitteswell, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1728-1866
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Bitteswell, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1730-1835
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Civil registration ( 1 )
Marriages in the Lutterworth registration district 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Occupations ( 1 )
Town records, ca. 1607-1834
Author: Bitteswell (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Town records, ca. 1607-1834
Author: Bitteswell (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Bitteswell – Public records ( 1 )
Town records, ca. 1607-1834
Author: Bitteswell (Leicestershire)
Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Lutterworth
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Guthlaxton
- Poor Law Union: Lutterworth
- Hundred: Guthlaxton
- Province: Canterbury
