Leicester Church of the Martyrs, Leicestershire Genealogy

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

In 1890 the church of the Martyrs, on Narborough Road in Bromkinsthorpe, was built by the Revd. Joseph Harris, and the parish was formed in the same year. The red brick church was designed by Ewan Christian. The advowson was at first in the hands of the trustees of Joseph Harris and his brothers. Subsequently, about 1920, the advowson was held by the Bishop of Peterborough and the Principal of Ridley Hall, Oxford, who presented alternately. After the establishment of the diocese of Leicester in 1926 the Bishop of Leicester replaced the Bishop of Peterborough, and the advowson was in 1954 shared by the Bishop of Leicester and the Principal of Ridley Hall.

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 Church of the Martyrs Westcotes Drive Bap 1890 - 1969 Marr 1890 – 1999 (Banns to1982) Bur 1966 - 2000

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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