Medbourne Leicestershire Family History Guide

Medbourne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Holt is a chapelry of Medbourne.

Other places in the parish include: Medbourne St Giles.

Alternative names: Medbourn, Medbourne with Holt

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Medbourne

  • Parish registers: 1588
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564

Medbourne St Giles

  • Parish registers: 1588
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MEDBOURNE, a village, a township, and a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester. The village stands on a rivulet near its influx to the river Welland at the boundary with Northamptonshire, and under a hill near the site of a Roman station on the Via Devana, 1 mile NNE of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 6¼ NE of Market-Harborough; and has a post office under Market-Harborough.

The township extends beyond the village, over the greater part of the parish. Real property, £3,517. Pop., 580. Houses, 119.

The parish includes also the township of Holt. Pop. of the whole, 613. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a. few.

The manor belongs to Cosmo Nevill, Esq. A Roman pavement, coins, pottery, and other relics have been found at Medenborough, the site of the Roman station.

The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Holt, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £630. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, S aisle, transepts, and chancel, with a tower.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school with £32 a year from endowment, and charities £56.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Medbourne – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscription of Medbourne

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

England, Leicestershire, Medbourne – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1804-1830
Author: Wesleyan Church (Medbourne, England)

Births and baptisms, 1804-1830
Author: Wesleyan Church (Medbourne, England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Medbourne, 1564-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medbourne (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Giles, 1805-1849
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Giles (Leicestershire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1840-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medbourne (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Medbourne, church records

England, Leicestershire, Medbourne, church records, 1588-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medbourne (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish register transcripts, 1588-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Medbourne (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Medbourne – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
LRFHS county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Medbourne Cum Holt
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Medbourne and Holt, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1588-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Medbourne, Leicester, England (Wesleyan) ; christenings, 1804-1830
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Medbourne, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1866
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Medbourne, Leicester, England, christenings, 1558-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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