Shawell Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Shawell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1760
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1561

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHAWELL, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 1¾ mile NNW of Lilbourne r. station, and 3 S of Lutterworth. Post-town, Rugby. Acres, 1, 407. Real property, 2, 460. Pop., 205. Houses, 47. The property is much subdivided. Roman bricks and tiles have been found.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400 Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1866.

There are an endowed school with £20 a year, alms-houses for six persons, and other charities £34.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Shawell – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shawell, 1561-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shawell (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Shawell, church records

England, Leicestershire, Shawell, church records

England, Leicestershire, Shawell, church records, 1760-2009
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shawell (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Shawell – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Shawell, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1561-1566, 1582-1639, 1661-1760
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Shawell, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1761-1849
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Shawell, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1761-1849
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

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