Glenfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Braunstone is a chapelry of Glenfield.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1604
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566
Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GLENFIELD, a township and a parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Soar, and on the Leicester and Swannington railway, near Kirby-Muxloe station, 3½ miles WNW of Leicester; and has a post office under Leicester. Real property, £2, 121. Pop., 522. Houses, 119.
The parish contains also the chapelries of Braunstone and Kirby-Muxloe. Acres, 4, 890. Real property, £10, 007. Pop., 1, 034. Houses, 225. The property is not much divided. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers.
The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Braunstone and Kirby-Muxloe, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £818. Patron, R. G. Pochin, Esq. The church is old but good, with a tower; and contains sedilia and a piscina.
There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Glenfield parish, Leicester, England, about 1700-1950
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Glenfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – Church records ( 16 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Braunstone, 1566-1872
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Glenfield, 1568-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Glenfield (Leicestershire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirby-Muxloe, 1561-1853
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Kirby-Muxloe (Leicestershire)
Braunstone parish register transcripts, 1561-1837
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan; Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Braunstone and Glenfield, church records
England, Leicestershire, Braunstone, bishop transcripts, 1566-1872
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield, bishop transcripts, 1566-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Glenfield (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield, church records
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield, church records, 1604-2004
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Glenfield (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Kirby-Muxloe and Glenfield, church records
England, Leicestershire, Kirby-Muxloe and Glenfield, church records
Glenfield (Leicestershire) parish register transcripts, 1604-1837 (with introductory notes)
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan
Marriages at Braunston, 1561-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Braunstone (Leicestershire)
Marriages at Glenfield, 1604-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Glenfield (Leicestershire)
Marriages at Kirby Muxloe, 1619-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Kirby-Muxloe (Leicestershire)
Parish registers for Kirby-Muxloe, 1639-1925
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Kirby-Muxloe (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Glenfield, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1566-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – History ( 1 )
Glenfield : a considerable village
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan; Leicestershire Family History Society (England)
England, Leicestershire, Glenfield – Probate records ( 4 )
Braunstone probate inventories, 1532 to 1778
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan
England, Leicestershire, probate records
Glenfield probate inventories, 1542-1831
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan
Probate records, ca. 1580-1858
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Groby); Leicestershire Record Office
Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Blaby
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Groby
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Guthlaxton
- Poor Law Union: Blaby
- Hundred: Sparkenhoe
- Province: Canterbury
