Wing, Rutland Genealogy

England Rutland

Parish History
Wing St Peter and Paul is an Ancient parish in Rutland. WING (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, hundred of Martinsley, county of Rutland, 3½ miles (N. E.) from Uppingham, near the road to Oakham; containing 302 inhabitants. It comprises 1044a. 3r. 6p.; the surface is hilly, and thesoil in general a good red earth. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 5. 5., and in the gift of the Crown, with a net income of £340 per annum:there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe contains 195 acres of land.From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 613-618. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51413 Date accessed: 12 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 Peterborough : Wing Bap 1625 - 1996 Marr 1625 - 1836 (Banns to1989) Bur 1625 - 1982

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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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