Swepstone, Leicestershire Family History Guide

Swepstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Snarestone is a chapelry of Swepstone.

Other places in the parish include: Newton Burgoland, Newton Burgoland with Nethercote, and Newton Nethercote.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWEPSTONE, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Ashby-de-la-Zouch district, Leicester; 4 miles S by E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. It has a post-office under Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 2,287. Real property, £4,475. Pop., 566. houses, 137. The manor belongs to J. Gurdon, Esq.

The living is a rectory, united with Snareston, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1,050. Patron, the Rev. W. Hodgson. The church is ancient, and has a tower of 1842. There are Independent, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £95.

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

Parish Records

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England, Leicestershire, Sweepstone

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

England, Leicestershire, Swepstone – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Snarestone, 1574-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Snarestone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Swepstone, 1564-1857
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swepstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Snarestone and Swepstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Snarestone and Swepstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Swepstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Swepstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Swepstone, church records, 1561-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swepstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Swepstone, Leicestershire, 1561-1891

England, Leicestershire, Swepstone – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Leicestershire & Rutland F.H.S. county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Swepstone & Snarlestone
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Swepstone, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1782-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Swepstone, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1782-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Ashby de la Zouch
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Akeley
  • Poor Law Union: Ashby de la Zouch
  • Hundred: West Goscote
  • Province: Canterbury