Belgrave, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire

Parish History
Belgrave St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire. Birstall, Leicestershire was formed as a chapelry of Belgrave. Other places in the parish include: South Thurmaston.

The district church of Belgrave St Michael and All Angels was formed from this parish

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Deposited records are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office

Contact: The Record Office Telephone: 0116 2571080 Fax: 0116 2571120 E-mail: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk

Diocese of Leicester: Belgrave St Peter Bap 1653 - 1978 Marr 1653 - 1996 (Banns to1993) Bur 1653 - 1923

Belgrave St Michael and All Angels Bap 1887 - 1989 Marr 1888 - 1991 (Banns to1986) Bur 1976 - 1983 (refer also to Leicester St. Gabriel)

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Barrow upon Soar Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Leicestershire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.