Stretton en le Field, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
STRETTON-EN-LE-FIELDS (St. Michael), an ancient parish. Historically part of Derbyshire but since 1897 it has wholly been in the County of Leicestershire. Other places in the parish: Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe. It is in the union of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, though locally in the W. division of the hundred of Goscote, county of Leicester, 5 miles (S. W.) from Ashby with part of Oakthorpe hamlet.

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
Stretton en le Field parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Leicester Record Office has deposited registers Stretton en le Field Bap 1638 - 1981 Marr 1638 - 1970 ( banns to 1974) Bur 1636 - 1812 The parish was in the county of Derbyshire until 1897 when it became part of Leicestershire

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1662-1871 Mar 1662-1837 Burials 1662-1871Missing Bap/Bur 1849-1857

Poor Law Unions
Ashby de la Zouch 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 Derbyshire 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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