Allexton, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire

Parish History
Alexton St Peter is an Ancient Parish.

ALEXTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Billesdon, hundred of East Goscote, N. division ofthe county of Leicester, 3½ miles (W. by N.) from Uppingham; containing 81 inhabitants. This parish,which is separated from Rutland by the river Eye, and is situated near the road from Leicester to Cambridge,comprises 997a. 28p., nearly the whole of it good grazing land, and, with the exception of 200 acres, tithe-free;the soil is a stiff clay, and the surface undulated and pleasingly wooded. The ancient Hall, built in the reign of Elizabeth, is adorned with avenues of Scotch and Balm of Gilead firs, which are considered the finest in this part of the country. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 18. 4.; net income, £140;patron, Lord Berners. Attached are 24 acres of glebe within the parish, and two in Belton Field. The church was built in 1594, by Edward Andrewes.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 31-34. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50749 Date accessed: 19 May 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Allexton like this:

ALEXTON, a parish in Billesdon district, Leicester; on the river Eye, 3 miles W by N of Uppingham, and 6 NW of Medbourne Bridge r. station. Post Town, Uppingham. Acres, 997; but only 76 arable. Real property, £1,797. Pop., 67. Houses, 15. The property is divided among a few. Alexton Hall, now a farm house, was till lately a seat of Lord Berners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £140. Patron, Lord Berners. The church was restored in 1863.

Civil Registration
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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: Allexton Bap 1636 - 2005 Marr 1636 - 1829; 1846 – 1951;1963 - 2003 Bur 1636 - 2005

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Billesdon Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

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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