Humberstone Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Humberstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1552
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HUMBERSTONE, a village and a parish in Billesdon district, Leicestershire. The village stands near the Midland railway, 2½ miles ENE of Leicester; and has a post office under Leicester.

The parish comprises 2, 630 acres. Real property, £4, 782. Pop., 515. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W.A. Pochin, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. E. Waller. The church is old, was recently restored, has a tower and spire, and contains an old altar tomb.

There are two Methodist chapels, and charities £10.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Humberstone, Leicestershire, England, abt. 1700-1950

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

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Humberstone, 1566-1858
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Humberstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone, church records, 1552-1961
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Humberstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Humberstone, 1559-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Humberstone (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Humberstone, 1552-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Humberstone (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Humberstone, 1557-1930
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Humberstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Leicester churches baptism index : St. Barnabas Leicester 1882-1921, St. Stephen’s Leicester 189-1921, St. James the Greater Leicester 1901-1921, St. Phillip’s Leicester 1905-1921, Evington St. Denys’ 1700-1922, Humberstone St. Mary’s 1700-1921
Author: Shore, Sue; Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Humberstone, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1557-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Humberstone, Leicester, England, marriages, 1559-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Humberstone, Leicester, England, marriages, 1559-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone – Civil registration – Indexes ( 1 )
Billesdon registration district marriages 1837-1911
Author: Rowbottom, Joan; Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

England, Leicestershire, Humberstone – Land and property ( 1 )
Changing landscape : the enclosure of Humberstone
Author: Rowley, John W.

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Billesdon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Goscote
  • Poor Law Union: Billesdon
  • Hundred: East Goscote
  • Province: Canterbury