Twycross Leicestershire Family History Guide

Twycross is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Leicestershire, created in 1839 from a chapelry in Orton on the Hill Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1585
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TWYCROSS, a parish in Market-Bosworth district, Leicester; 5¼ miles NNE of Atherstone r. station. It has a post-office under Atherstone. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £3,002. Pop., 336. Houses, 69.

The manor belongs to Earl Howe.

The living is a donative in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £130. Patron, Earl Howe. The church is old but good.

There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Leicestershire, Twycross – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Twycross, 1562-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Twycross (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Twycross, church records

England, Leicestershire, Twycross, church records

England, Leicestershire, Twycross, church records, 1585-2006
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Twycross (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish register transcripts, 1583-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Twycross (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Twycross – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Twycross, St. James, Leicester, England

England, Leicestershire, Twycross – Civil registration ( 1 )
Market Bosworth registration district marriage index 1837-1911
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Administration

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