Kimcote Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Kimcote is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Walton and Cotes de Val.

Alternative names: Kincote, Kincote with Walton

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIMCOTE, a parish in Lutterworth district, Leicester; on the river Swift, 3¼ miles NE by E of Lutterworth, and 3½ WNW of Welford r. station.

It includes the farm hamlet of Cotes de Val, and part of the large hamlet of Walton; and its post town is Lutterworth. Acres, 1, 710. Real property, £5, 206. Pop. in 1851, 603; in 1861, 501. Houses, 129. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Willoughby-de-Broke. Framework-knitting is largely carried on.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £566. Patron, Lord Willoughby-de-Broke. The church is old but good, and has a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Methodists, a national school, and charities £84. Jago, the poet, was rector.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

KIMCOTE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 3½ miles (E. N. E.) from Lutterworth; containing, with the hamlet of Cotes-deVal, and part of Walton, 552 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £20. 16. 3.; net income, £566; patron, Lord Willoughby de Broke. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1778.

A school is endowed with £30 per annum; and the produce of two allotments under the inclosure act, and the amount of a few bequests, are distributed to the poor.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions : 1713-1890

Monumental inscriptions, Kimcote and Walton, Leicestershire England, about 1700-1950

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

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kimcote, 1569-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimcote (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote, church records

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote, church records

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote, church records, 1653-1999
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimcote (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Kimcote (Leicestershire) church registers : included in Kimcotes is the hamlet of Walton; part also of the parish of Knaptoft was formerly included in the parish of Walton
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimcote (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Kimcote, 1653-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimcote (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Kimcote and Walton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1565-1710
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kimcote and Walton, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kimcote and Walton, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1793-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote – Civil registration ( 1 )
Marriages in the Lutterworth registration district 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

England, Leicestershire, Kimcote – Public records ( 1 )
The Accounts of Lord Willoughby-de-Broke in the counties of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, 1798 : of the towns of Ravensthorpe and Coaton, Northa., and Kimcote and Walton, Leicester

Administration

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