Rolleston Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Rolleston is a chapelry of Billesdon Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Rollestone

Parish church: St. John

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1754
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROLLESTON, a chapelry in Billesdon parish, Leicester; 1¾ mile SSE of Billesdon, and 5¾ NE of Kibworth r. station. Post-town, Billesdon, under Leicester. Pop., 42. Houses, 10. The manor, with R. Hall, belongs to Mrs. Heap. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Billesdon. The church is good; and on the S side of it is a well-preserved ancient cross.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ROLLESTON, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Billesdon, hundred of Gartree, S. division of the county of Leicester, 10 miles (E. by S.) from the town of Leicester; containing 43 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. John.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Rolleston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
England, Leicestershire, Billeston and Rolleston burial records, 1905-1933
Author: Billeston and Rolleston Burial Board (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

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

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

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