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Leicester Parishes Formed after 1800.

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ParishFormed FromDateMerged WithDateComments
All Saints
High Cross Street
 1823  Restored in 1877-78
St. George
Rutland Street
St. Margaret1829St. Matthew1971Now an orthodox church
Christ Church
Bow Street
St. Margaret1843  Restored in 1873.
Holy Trinity
Regent Road
St. Mary de Castro1838   
St. John the Divine
South Albion Street
St. George1854  Converted into flats
St. Andrew
Jarrom Street
St. Mary de Castro1862   
St. Luke
Humberstone Road
St. George
St. Matthew
1868St. Matthew
Christ Church
St. George
1941 
St. Margaret
Church gate and Sanvey gate
 1444  the tower was restored in 1911
St. Martin
Town Hall lane
 13th Century  the tower was rebuilt in 1862
St. Mary de Castro
Castle Street
Original par. church1107  The chapel of St. Anne was restored and refurnished in 1917 as a Chapel of Remembrance, to commemoration the men from this parish who fell in the Great War,
St. Matthew
Chester Street
Christ Church1867   
St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Street
Original par. church12th Century   
St. Paul
King Richards Road
St. Mary de Castro1871  Redundant 2003
St. Mark the Evangelist
Belgrave Gate
St. Margaret
Christ Church
1872  Disused
St. Peter
St Peters Road
St. Margaret
St. George
1874   
St. Saviour
St. Saviour's Road
St. Peter
St. Matthew
1878   
St. James
Lansdowne Road
Aylestone1872   
St. Barnabas
St. Barnabas Road
Humberstone
Evington
Belgrave
1887   
St. John the Baptist
Clarendon Park Road
     
Church of the Martyrs
Westcotes Drive
St. Mary de Castro1890   
St. Hilda
Melbourne Road
 1891   
St. Augustine
Fosse Road North
Newfoundpool (ex-p)
Freakes Ground (ex-p)
New Parks (ex-p)
Leicester Abbey (ex-p)
1904   
St. Stephen
St. Saviour's Road
St. Barnabas1904   
St. James the Greater
London Road
St. Peter
St. Philip
St. John the Baptist
1918   

Leicester anciently had only 6 parishes; Saint Mary's (north of the Newarke), All Saints' (in High Cross street), Saint Leonard's (destroyed in 1645), Saint Margaret's (by Sanvey Gate), Saint Martin's Collegiate (Town Hall Lane), and Saint Nicholas (said to be the oldest church in Leicester).