Eastwell Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Eastwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1585
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1593

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EASTWELL, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on the Wolds, 6½ miles NNE of Melton-Mowbray town and r. station. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 346. Real property, £2, 081. Pop., 160. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £372. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Eastwell – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Eastwell, 1593-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eastwell (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Eastwell, bishop transcripts, 1593-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eastwell (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Eastwell, church records

England, Leicestershire, Eastwell, church records, 1585-1990
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eastwell (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Eastwell, 1588-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Eastwell (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Eastwell – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Eastwell, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1771-1846
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Eastwell, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1771-1830
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Framland
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: Framland
  • Province: Canterbury