Shearsby is a chapelry of Knaptoft Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1658
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1562
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Particular Baptist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHEARSBY, a chapelry, with a village, in Knaptoft parish, Leicester; 4 miles S S W of Glen r. station, and 6¾ NE of Lutterworth. It has a post-office under Rugby, an inn, and a mineral spring. Real property, £2, 411. Pop., 306. Houses, 73. The living is annexed to Knaptoft. The church is good, and serves for the entire parish.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Shearsby, Leicester, England, 1800-1950
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Shearsby, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shearsby, 1562-1851
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shearsby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby and Knaptoft, church records
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby and Knaptoft, church records
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby, church records, 1658-1992
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shearsby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office
Parish register transcripts, 1658-1803
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shearsby (Leicestershire)
Parish registers for Shearsby, 1658-1838
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shearsby (Leicestershire)
Record of members, 1848-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Shearsby Branch (Leicestershire)
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Leicestershire & Rutland F.H.S. county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Shearsby
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society
Parish register printouts of Shearsby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1658-1803
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Shearsby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1803-1851
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Shearsby, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1668-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Leicestershire, Shearsby – 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
