Braunstone Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Braunstone is a chapelry of Glenfield Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRAUNSTONE, a chapelry in Glenfield parish, Leicestershire: on the river Wreak and the Union canal, adjacent to the Midland and Swannington railways, 2½ miles SW of Leicester. Post Town, Leicester. Acre. 1,610. Real property, £4,018. Pop., 197. House., 37.

Braunstone Frith extra-parochial liberty adjoins on the NE; is included in the returns; and contains Braunstone Hall, formerly belonging to the Hastings family, and now the seat ofWinstanley, Esq.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Glenfield, in the diocese of Peterborough.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, from the Parish Churchyard, Braunstone, Leicestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Braunstone, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Old Braunstone
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Braunstone, 1566-1872
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)

Braunstone parish register transcripts, 1561-1837
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan; Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone and Glenfield, church records

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone, bishop transcripts, 1566-1872
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone, church records, 1561-1986
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Braunston, 1561-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)

Parish register transcripts, 1561-1655
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Braunstone, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1561-1655
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Braunstone, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1660-1808
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Braunstone, Leicester, England, christenings, 1809-1872
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – History ( 1 )
Old Braunstone
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Land and property ( 1 )
An assessment for the relief of the poor of the parish of Braunstone in the county of Leicester, 1820-1843
Author: Braunstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
An assessment for the relief of the poor of the parish of Braunstone in the county of Leicester, 1820-1843
Author: Braunstone (Leicestershire)

Old Braunstone
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Probate records ( 1 )
Braunstone probate inventories, 1532 to 1778
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan

England, Leicestershire, Braunstone – Taxation ( 2 )
An assessment for the relief of the poor of the parish of Braunstone in the county of Leicester, 1820-1843
Author: Braunstone (Leicestershire)

Old Braunstone
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan

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: Sparkenhoe
  • Province: Canterbury