Desford Leicestershire Family History Guide

Desford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Barrons Park.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1559
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1565

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Newbold Verdon
• Ratby cum Groby
• Kirby Muxloe
• Thornton
• Peckleton
• Kirkby Mallory
• Leicester Forest West

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DESFORD, a village and a parish in Market-Bosworth parish, Leicester. The village stands near the Leicester and Swannington railway, 5 miles E of Market-Bosworth; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Leicester.

The parish includes also the hamlet of Barrons Park. Acres, 3, 830. Real property, £5, 383. Pop., 981. Houses, 212. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £193. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a large edifice, in the Gothic style; and has a conspicuous spire.

There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and charities £33.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Desford – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of Desford Cemetery

Monumental inscriptions, Desford, Leicestershire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission. Genealogical Board

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

England, Leicestershire, Desford – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Desford, 1565-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Desford (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Desford, church records

England, Leicestershire, Desford, church records, 1559-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Desford (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish registers for Desford, 1559-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Desford (Leicestershire)

The Rectors of Desford in the county of Leicester : with other village notes, 1209-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Desford (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Desford – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Desford, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1559-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Desford, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Desford, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1799-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Desford – Civil registration – Indexes ( 1 )
Market Bosworth registration district marriage index 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

England, Leicestershire, Desford – History ( 1 )
The Rectors of Desford in the county of Leicester : with other village notes, 1209-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Desford (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Desford – Schools ( 1 )
England, Leicestershire, Desford Industrial School admissions registers, 1881-1920
Author: Desford Industrial School (Leicester, Leciestershire); Leicester School Board (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

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Administration

• County: Leicestershire
• Civil Registration District: Market Bosworth
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
• Diocese: Peterborough
• Rural Deanery: Guthlaxton
• Poor Law Union: Market Bosworth
• Hundred: Sparkenhoe
• Province: Canterbury