Wardley, Rutland Genealogy

England Rutland



Parish History
Wardley St Botolph is an Ancient parish in Rutland with the chapelry of Belton, Rutland within the parish.

WARDLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, soke of Oakham, county of Rutland, 4miles (W. by N.) from Uppingham; containing 59 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road between Uppingham and Leicester, and bounded on the south by the river Eye, which separates it from Leicestershire. It comprises 730 acres, of which 163 are in wood, and the rest in grass; the soil is a black fertile earth, with a gravelly substratum. The woodland was formerly part of Beaumont Chase. The living is a discharged rectory with the vicarage of Belton annexed, valued in the king's books at £10. 16., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £287; the glebe here contains 23 acres. The church is Norman, and contains, on the south side of the nave, four handsome arches in that style. A school is endowed with £10 per annum, and the master also receives £12 from the trustees of thirty acres of land belonging to the poor.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 461-464. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51376 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: Wardley Bap 1574 - 1812, Marr 1574 - 1825, Bur 1574 - 1812

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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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Web sites
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