Dunton Bassett Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Dunton Bassett is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1562

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DUNTON-BASSETT, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; near the Midland railway, 1½ mile SE of Broughton-Astley r. station, and 4¼ N of Lutterworth. Post town, Ashby-Parva, under Lutterworth. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £2, 968. Pop., 524. Houses, 141. The property is divided among a few.

There is a mineral spring. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £80. Patron, the Rev. J. Longhurst. The church has a tower and spire, and is good.

There is an Independent chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Dunton-Basset churchyard, Leicestershire, England, about 1700-1950

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

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Dunton-Bassett, 1562-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dunton-Bassett (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Dunton-Bassett, 1604-1610
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dunton-Bassett (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett, bishop transcripts, 1562-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dunton-Bassett (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett, church records

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett, church records, 1658-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dunton-Bassett (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish registers for Dunton-Bassett, 1653-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dunton-Bassett (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Dunton Bassett, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1810-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Dunton-Bassett, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1562-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

England, Leicestershire, Dunton-Bassett – Civil registration ( 1 )
Marriages in the Lutterworth registration district 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

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