Ilston on the Hill Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Ilston on the Hill is a chapelry of Carlton Curlieu Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Ilston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1652
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1582

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ILSTON-ON-THE-HILL, a township chapelry in Carlton-Curliew parish, Leicester; 3 miles SW by S of Billesdon, and 5 N NE of Kibworth r. station. Post town, Billesdon, under Leicester. Acres, 1, 300. Real property, £2, 432. Pop., 235. Houses, 50. The manor belonged to Crick abbey, in Norfolk; passed, in 1509, to the Crown; and belongs now to John King, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Carlton-Curliew, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower. There are a national school, and charities £14.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ilston-on-the-Hill, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ilston-on-the-Hill, 1582-1876
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill and Carlton-Curliew, church records

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill and Carlton-Curliew, church records

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill, church records, 1652-1835
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire, 1607 to 1837
Author: Wilshere, Jonathan; Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Ilston-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire)

Monumental inscription of Illston-on-the-Hill Cemetery

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Parish register printouts of Illston-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; christenings 1802-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Illston-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1582-1801
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Ilston-on-the-Hill, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1803-1835
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kings Norton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1563-1582, 1604-1639, 1668-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – History ( 1 )
Illston diaries : a vernacular account of the village of Illston, 1831-1833
Author: Muggleton, H. (Henry), fl. 1833; Billings, A. M. (Anthony Marshall), 1935-; Morris, Jean

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1742-1838
Author: Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1742-1838
Author: Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1742-1838
Author: Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1742-1838
Author: Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Ilston-on-the-Hill – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1742-1838
Author: Ilston-on-the-Hill (Leicestershire)

Administration

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