Lyndon, Rutland Genealogy

England RutlandRutland Parishes

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

Parish History
LYNDON (St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Oakham, hundred of Martinsley, county of Rutland,5 miles (N. E.) from Uppingham.

LYNDON, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; on the river Chater, 1¾ mile E of Manton r. station, and 4½ NE of Uppingham.

The Victoria County History of Lyndon (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
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 : Lyndon Bap 1580 - 1996 Marr 1580 - 1996 (Banns to1996) Bur 1580 - 1996

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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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