Whetstone Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Whetstone is a chapelry of Enderby Ancient Parish in Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHETSTONE, a parish, with a village, in Blaby district, Leicestershire; 2½ miles NW of Countesthorpe r. station, and 5½ SSW of Leicester. It has a post-office under Leicester. Acres, 1,680. Real property, £5,143. Pop., 1,077. Houses, 242.

The manor belongs to the Earl of Stamford. Framework knitting is carried on.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £150. Patron, Brook, Esq. The church is old but good, and has a fine spire.

There are a handsome Independent chapel of 1863, a Baptist chapel, and a parochial school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Whetstone Cemetery

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

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Whetstone, 1572-1847
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whetstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone, church records

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone, church records, 1538-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whetstone (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Parish registers for Whetstone, 1538-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whetstone (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Whetstone – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Whetstone, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1717-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Whetstone, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1718-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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