Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire



Parish History
Thorpe Acre All Saints with Dishley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Leicestershire, created in 1850 from Dishley, Leicestershire Ancient Parish.

All Saints Church, Thorpe Acre with Dishley, was built in 1845 and extended in 1968. Dishley Church is now a ruin on the Derby Road, Loughborough. Robert Bakewell (1726–1795), the agriculturalist, is buried there.

The abandonment of Dishley, Leicestershire which has separate deposited registers and the development of Thorpe Acre All Saints from a small Victorian aisleless church followed the development of post war housing. The original Victorian church was inadequate to serve the needs of the local community and has been substantially enlarged in recent years. The original building was designed in 1845 by William Railton in the 'Decorated' style. Listed Grade II.

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: Thorpe Acre Bap 1845 – 1973 Marr 1851 – 1990 (Banns to 1991) It is advisable to also search the Dishley, Leicestershire records.

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Poor Law Unions
Loughborough 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
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Web sites
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