Tickencote, Rutland Genealogy

England Rutland

Parish History
Tickencote St Peter is an Ancient Parish; the includees a Norman chancel arch and unusual chancel roof ribbing. From 1909-12 the vicar was the Venerable Lonsdale Ragg, later the Archdeacon of Gibraltar from 1934-45. The church was partly rebuilt by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in 1792.

TICKENCOTE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Oakham, hundred of East, county of Rutland,3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Stamford; containing 111inhabitants. It is situated on the road from London to York, and comprises 1270 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 5. 8.,and in the gift of John Wingfield, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £162. 9., and the glebe comprises 3½acres. The church was in the earliest Norman style,but has been partially rebuilt: Stukeley says, "it is the most venerable church extant, and was the entire oratory of Prince Peada, founder of Peterborough Abbey."

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 355-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51343 Date accessed: 21 May 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tickencote like this:

TICKENCOTE, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; 3 miles NW of Stamford r. station. Post town, Stamford. Acres, 1,256. Real property, £1,511. Pop., 104. Houses, 21. The manor, with T. Hall, belongs to J. M. Wingfield, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £138. Patron, J. M. Wingfield, Esq. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1792.

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 Peterborough : Tickencote Bap 1574 - 1812 Marr 1574 - 1972 Bur1574 -1812

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Oakham Poor Law Union, Rutland

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

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