Great Bowden Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Great Bowden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Bowden Magna

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Great Bowden Church 1927
Great Bowden Church 1927

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOWDEN (Great), or Bowden-Magna, a village and a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester. The village stands on the Union canal, the river Welland, and the Northwestern railway, 1 mile NE of Market Harborough; and has a post office, of the name of Great Bowden, under Rugby.

The parish includes also the town and chapelry of Market-Harborough. Acres, 3,120. Real property, £9,681. Pop., 3,697. Houses, 777. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £86. Patron, Christ’s Church College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are charities £47. The p. curacy of Market-Harborough is a separate benefice.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Leicestershire, Bowden (Great)
England, Leicestershire, Bowden-Magna

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden – Cemeteries ( 2 )
England, Leicestershire, Market Harborough burial register
Author: Market Harborough Burial Board (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Monumental inscriptions of Great Bowden Cemetery

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

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Bowden, 1563-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bowden (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden, bishop transcripts, 1563-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bowden (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden, church records

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden, church records, 1559-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bowden (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Great Bowden – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Great Bowden, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1867
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Great Bowden, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1813-1832
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Market Harborough
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Gartree
  • Poor Law Union: Market Harborough
  • Hundred: Gartree (Leicestershire)
  • Province: Canterbury