Waltham on the Wolds Leicestershire Family History Guide

Waltham on the Wolds is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS, a village and a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester. The village stands 3¾ miles N by W of Saxby r. station, and 5 NE of Melton-Mowbray; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Melton-Mowbray, and a cattle and horse fair on 18 and 19 Sept.

The parish comprises 2,870 acres. Real property, £3,943. Pop, 672. Houses, 136. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. Lime is calcined.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £520. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is cruciform, with central tower and spire; is chiefly decorated English; and has been restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £30.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 5¼ miles (N. E.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing 768 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 5.; net income, £481; patron, the Duke of Rutland: the tithes were commuted for land in 1766. The church is in the decorated style, with portions of earlier date, and has three enriched stalls; the font presents a curious admixture of the Norman and early English styles.

Joseph and George Noble in 1776, and Thomas Baker, left sums for instruction, now producing £12. 13. per annum.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Waltham-on-the-Wolds Cemetery

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 1578-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-on-the-Wolds (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, church records

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, church records, 1564-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-on-the-Wolds (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Waltham-on-the-Wolds – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Leicestershire & Rutland F.H.S. county burials, 1813-1865, for the parish of Waltham-on-the-Wolds
Author: Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1577-1582, 1604-1638, 1660-1808
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1809-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1809-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Framland
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: Framland
  • Province: Canterbury