Sharnford Leicestershire Family History Guide

Sharnford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1595
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

SHARNFORD St. Helen's Church Interior
SHARNFORD St. Helen’s Church Interior

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHARNFORD, a parish, with a village, in Hinckley district, Leicester; on the river Soar and the Fosse way, 3 miles NNW of Ullesthorpe r. station, and 4 ESE of Hinckley. Post-town, Hinckley. Acres, 740. Real property, £3, 629. Pop., 589. Houses, 130. The property is much subdivided. Frame-work knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1866. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £9.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
Hinckley & district 1891 census index
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society; Denny, John

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sharnford, 1566-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sharnford (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford, church records

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford, church records

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford, church records, 1595-1983
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sharnford (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Sharnford, 1595-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sharnford (Leicestershire)

Parish register transcripts, 1565-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sharnford (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Sharnford, Leicester, England (St. Helen) ; christenings, 1565-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Sharnford – Civil registration – Indexes ( 1 )
Hinckley registration district marriage index 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Administration

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