Keyham Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Keyham is a chapelry of Rothley Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Keame

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1563
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1616

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

KEYHAM, a chapelry, in the parish of Rothley, union of Billesdon, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5¾ miles (E. by N.) from Leicester; containing 184 inhabitants.

The chapel is dedicated to All Saints. Of £35 per annum arising from land given on the inclosure in exchange for land bequeathed to the poor, £15 are paid to a schoolmaster, and £20 distributed to poor families.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Leicestershire, Keame

England, Leicestershire, Keyham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Keyham Cemetery

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

England, Leicestershire, Keyham – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Keyham, 1633-1859
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Keyham (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Keyham and Rothley, church records

England, Leicestershire, Keyham, church records

England, Leicestershire, Keyham, church records, 1563-2006
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Keyham (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Keyham, 1568-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Keyham (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Keyham – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Keyham, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1633-1639, 1675-1708, 1722-1747
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Keyham, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1748-1859
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Keyham, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1749-1854
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

England, Leicestershire, Keyham – 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

Administration

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