Saxelby Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Saxelby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Saxelbye is a small parish N.W. of and near to Melton Mowbray. It has a hamlet formerly called Sholeby or Sholby, but now Shoby, though the parish of Grimston intervenes, geographically, between the hamlet and the mother parish.

Alternative names: Saxelbye

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SAXELBY, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 2¼ miles NNW of Kirby r. station, and 4 WNW of Melton-Mowbray. Post-town, Melton-Mowbray. Acres, 1, 290. Real property, £1, 244. Pop., 120. Houses, 24. The manor belongs to the Earl of Aylesford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £227. Patron, the Earl of Aylesford. The church is old but good, and has a tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £16.

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

Saxelby Parish Registers

Saxelby Marriages 1555 to 1837 Leicestershire Parish Registers: Marriages. General Editor: Thos. M. Blagg, F.S.A. Edited by E. K. Elliott. Vol. 11. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124 Chancery Lane. 1914. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

England, Leicestershire, Saxelby – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Saxelby, 1561-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Saxelby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Saxelby, church records

England, Leicestershire, Saxelby, church records, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Saxelby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Saxelbye (with Sholeby), 1555-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Saxelby (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Saxelby, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Saxelby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Saxelby – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Saxelby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1716-1859
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Saxelby, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1717-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Saxelby – 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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

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