Breedon on the Hill Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Breedon on the Hill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Staunton Harold is a chapelry of Breedon on the Hill.

Other places in the parish include: Newbold, Griffydam, Lount, Tonge, Wilson and Tonge, and Wilson.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL, a village and a township in the district of Shardlow, and county of Leicester, and a parish in the districts of Shardlow and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and counties of Leicester and Derby.

The village stands at the base of a high limestone rock, near the verge of the county, 4 miles N of Swannington r. station, and 5 NE by N of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; and has a post office, of the name of Breedon, under Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

A small monastery of black canons, subject to the priory of St. Oswald in Yorkshire, was founded here in 1144 by Ferrers, Earl of Nottingham; and given, at the dissolution, to the Shirleys.

The township includes also the hamlets of Wilson and Tonge. Acres, 3,010. Real property, £3,499. Pop., 893. Houses, 222.

The parish contains also the townships of Staunton-Harrold and Worthington, and the liberty of Newbold. Acres, 6,410. Real property, £11,797. Pop., 2,417. Houses, 542. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford. Limestone is worked.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £205. Patron, the Earl of Stamford. The church surmounts the limestone rock at the village; contains tombs of the Shirleys; and is good.

The p. curacy of Worthington is a separate benefice.

There are two Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £41 a year, and a vicarage augmentation charity £244.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Breedon on the Hill monumental inscriptions, June 1984
Author: Leicestershire Family History Society (England)

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Breedon-on-the-Hill, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Breedon-on-the-Hill, 1561-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Breedon-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill, bishop transcripts, 1561-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Breedon-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill, church records

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill, church records, 1562-1982
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Breedon-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish register transcripts, 1562-1764
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Breedon-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Breedon-on-the-Hill – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Breedon on the Hill, Leics., Eng

Parish register printouts of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1562-1700
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1762-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1817-1860
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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