Gaddesby Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Gaddesby is a chapelry of Rothley Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1568
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GADDESBY, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Wreak, 3 miles SSE of Brooksby r. station, and 6 SW of Melton-Mowbray. It has a post office under Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 657. Real property, £3, 393. Pop., 341. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. Gaddesby Hall is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Rothley, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is ancient, and has a lofty spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £26.

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

Gaddesby Parish Registers

Gaddesby Marriages 1569 to 1812 Leicestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and Thos. M. Blagg, F.S.A. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124 Chancery Lane. 1908. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gaddesby, 1606-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gaddesby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby, bishop transcripts, 1606-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gaddesby (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby, church records

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby, church records, 1568-1995
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gaddesby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England parish registers : baptisms 1569-1899, marriages 1569-1836, burials 1569-1852
Author: Mortensen, Jennifer L.

Marriages at Gaddesby, 1569-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gaddesby (Leicestershire)

Monumental inscription of Gaddesby Cemetery

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Gaddesby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1606-1739
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Gaddesby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1740-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Gaddesby, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1740-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Gaddesby – Probate records ( 2 )
England, Leicestershire, probate records

Probate records, ca. 1575-1857
Author: Church of England. Commissary Court of the Manor of Rothley; Leicestershire Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Rothley
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Akeley
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: East Goscote
  • Province: Canterbury