Loughborough Emmanuel, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire

Parish History
Loughborough Emmanuel is an Ecclesiastical Parish, created in 1838 from Loughborough, Leicestershire Ancient Parish. The dedication recognises the patronage of Emmanuel College Cambridge:

In 1837, a second church was erected, at a cost of £5600, the principal contributorsbeing the Rev. William Holme, B.D., rector, and MissTate, of Burleigh, aided by the Commissioners for building Churches. This was the last church built by the deceased eminent architect, Mr. Rickman; it is of the ornamental pointed style of an early date, and contains1203 sittings, of which 300 are appropriated to the poor. Loughborough was at the same time, or soon after, divided into two distinct parishes for ecclesiastical purposes, two-fifths of the whole population being assigned to the new church of Emmanuel; the income,at the decease of the present rector, to be divided in the same proportion. The new living will be a rectory, with glebe-land, &amp;c., attached, and will be in the patronage of the College. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel in the Grecian style, with a residence for the minister, erected from a design by Mr. Flint, at an expense of £2200.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 175-179. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51120 Date accessed: 16 May 2011.

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Loughborough like this:

Loughborough, market town, par., and township, Leicestershire, on Loughborough Canal, 10½ miles NW. of Leicester and 115 miles from London by rail - township, pop. 14,681; town and par., 5820 ac., pop. 14,803; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day, Thursday. Loughborough is the second town, in point of size, in the co.; it has a grammar school founded in 1495. The principal industry is the mf r. of all kinds of hosiery; there is a large bell foundry; there are also engineering and machine works, dye works, and brick-works; the coal trade is extensive.

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 Leicester: Loughborough Emmanuel Bap 1838 - 1975 Marr 1839 – 1985 (Banns to1943) Bur 1838 - 1886;1902; 1908; 1921

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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.

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