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.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1585
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
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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].
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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