Leicester All Souls, Leicestershire Genealogy

Parish History
Leicester All Souls was formed from part of the Ancient Parish of Leicester St Mary de Castro, Leicestershire

All Soul's Church in Aylestone Road, in the western part of the South Fields, was built in 1907, and was one of the last works of the architect G. F. Bodley. The parish was formed in the same year. The advowson at first belonged to the Bishop of Peterborough, but after the creation of the diocese of Leicester in 1926 the Bishop of Leicester became patron.

From: 'The ancient borough: St. Mary's', A History of the County of Leicester: volume 4: The City of Leicester (1958), pp. 369-380. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66579 Date accessed: 21 May 2011.

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: Leicester All Souls Aylestone Road Bap 1906 - 1983 Marr 1907 - 1984 (Banns to1984) Bur 1954 - 1984

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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