South Luffenham, Rutland Genealogy

England   Rutland

Parish History
South Luffenham St Mary is an Ancient Parish in Rutland.

LUFFENHAM, SOUTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike,county of Rutland, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Uppingham; containing 317 inhabitants. It is on the road from Stamford to Uppingham and Leicester, and comprises 1248a. 22p.; the surface is hilly, and the soil of moderate quality. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 12. 6.; net income, £423;patron and impropriator, the Rev. James Bush. The glebe contains 60 acres, with a house.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 186-190. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51123 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 : South Luffenham Bap 1682 - 1983 Marr 1682 - 1910; 1912 – 1994 (Banns to1968) Bur 1678 - 1811;

1813 - 1971

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Census records
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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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