Bringhurst Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Bringhurst is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Great Easton is a chapelry of Bringhurst.

Other places in the parish include: Drayton.

Alternative names: Bringhurst cum Great Easton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1640
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Reform

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRINGHURST, a township and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The township lies on the river Welland, ¾ of a mile SW of Great Easton, and 2 W of Rockingham r. station. Pop., 109. Houses, 25.

The parish contains also the townships of Drayton and Great Easton; the latter of which has a post office under Uppingham. Acres, 3,650. Real property, £7,504. Pop., 825. Houses, 180.

The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Great Easton, in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £241. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of P. Both B. church and G. E. church are good; and there are three dissenting chapels.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bringhurst, 1572-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Great Easton, 1572-1863
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Great Easton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst, church records

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst, church records, 1640-1907
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Great Easton and Bringhurst, church records

England, Leicestershire, Great Easton, bishop transcripts, 1572-1863
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Great Easton (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Great Easton, Bringhurst and Drayton, church records, 1656-1969
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Great Easton (Leicestershire); Church of England. Parish Church of Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Church of England. Parish church of Drayton (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Great Easton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1572-1638, 1660, 1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst – Occupations ( 2 )
The mills of Great Easton
Author: Hughes, John C.

Town records, 1752-1819
Author: Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Great Easton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Town records, 1752-1819
Author: Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Great Easton (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Bringhurst – Public records ( 1 )
Town records, 1752-1819
Author: Bringhurst (Leicestershire); Great Easton (Leicestershire)

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Uppingham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Gartree
  • Poor Law Union: Uppingham
  • Hundred: Gartree (Leicestershire)
  • Province: Canterbury