Caldecote, Rutland Genealogy

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

Parish History
CALDECOTT, a chapelry, in the parish of Lyddington, union of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike, county of Rutland, 4¾ miles S from Uppingham.

Additional information:

The Victoria County History of Caldecote (1935) is available. online. 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
Caldecott parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Diocese of Peterborough Caldecott Baptisms 1605 - 1908; Marriages 1605 - 1751, 1755 - 1984; Burials 1605 - 1988

Poor Law Unions

 * Uppingham 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