Edith Weston, Rutland Genealogy

England   Rutland



Parish History
Edith Weston St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in Rutland. The village is named after queen Edith of Wessex (1029–1075), the wife of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold Godwinson.

EDITH-WESTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Oakham, hundred of Martinsley, county of Rutland, 7 miles (W. S. W.) from Stamford; containing 343 inhabitants. Here was a priory of Benedictine monks, a cell to the abbey of St. George, at Banguervill, in Normandy, to which it was given by William de Tankervill, chamberlain to Henry I.; it was conveyed to the Carthusians of Coventry in the reign of Richard II., and, as part of their possessions, was granted, in the 4th of Edward VI., to William Parr, Marquess of Northampton. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £14. 7. 6.; net income, £155; patron, the Rev. R. Lucas.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 144-147. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50940 Date accessed: 11 May 2011.

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

EDITH-WESTON, or Edweston, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; on the river Gwash, 1¾ mile NNW of Luffenham r. station, and 5½ SE by E of Oakham. Post town, Hambleton, under Oakham. Acres, 1, 723. Real property, £3, 371. Pop., 387. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. An alien benedictine priory, a cell to St. George's Banquerville, stood here; was given to the Charterhouse, Coventry; and passed to the Comptons and the Herberts. Edith-Weston House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £155. Patron, R. Lucas, Esq. The church has a light Gothic spire; and is ancient, but very good.

Civil Registration
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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 : Edith Weston Bap 1585 - 1882 Marr 1585 - 1890 (Banns to1993) Bur 1585 - 1992

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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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