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Aylestone

"AYLESTONE, on the east side of the river Soar and Union Canal , 2 1/2 miles S. by W. of Leicester, is a pleasant village and township, containing 450 inhabitants, living in 95 houses, and 1723A. 2R. 36P. of fertile land. Aylestone parish includes also Glen Parva and Lubbesthorpe, the latter of which is in Sparkenhoe Hundred, but the other in Guthlaxton Hundred; the whole of the parish is in Blaby Union and Leicester County Court District." [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds copies of marriage records from 1561 - 1837 which can be viewed at their library in London.

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Maps

Multi Media Mapping have a current map showing the location of Aylestone, now a part of Leicester..

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