Stretton, Rutland Genealogy

Guide to Stretton, Rutland ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
STRETTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Oakham, hundred of Alstoe, county of Rutland, 8¼ miles NE by E from Oakham.

The Victoria County History of Stretton (1935) is available. It includes a history of the manor, church, advowson, and charities.

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 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited parish registers are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office. Deposited bishop's transcripts are held at the Northamptonshire Record Office.

Diocese of Peterborough: Stretton Baptisms 1631 - 1994; Marriages 1631 - 1813 (Banns to 1981); Burials 1631 - 1997

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain