Whitwell, Rutland Genealogy

England Rutland

Parish History
Whitwell St Michael is an Ancient parish and is located about four miles (6 km) east of Oakham, on the north shore of Rutland Water. A pleasure boat known as the Rutland Belle operates from Whitwell Harbour. It is also a popular sailing and water sports area.

WHITWELL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Oakham, hundred of Alstoe, county of Rutland,7 miles (W. by N.) from Stamford; containing 139 inhabitants. It comprises about 600 acres. The soil is alight loam, alternated with clay; the surface is undulated, and the lower grounds are watered by a small brook which divides the parish from Hambleton. Stone of inferior quality is raised for building and for the roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £5, and in the gift of the Earl of Gainsborough: the tithes have been commuted for £140, and the glebe comprises 54 acres. The church is ancient.The water of the place is slightly impregnated with iron.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 561-564. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51402 Date accessed: 21 May 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitwell like this: WHITWELL, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; 4½ miles E of Oakham r. station. Post town, Stamford. Acres, 602. Real property, £938. Pop., 104. Houses, 24. The manor belongs to the Earl of Gainsborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £304. Patron, the Earl of Gainsborough. The church is plain.

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 : Whitwell Bap 1716 - 1995 Marr 1716 - 1837 (Banns to1985) Bur 1716 - 1990

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Census records
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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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