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Description in 1887
"Leicestershire, inland county of England, bounded N. by Notts, E. by Lincolnshire and Rutland, SE. by Northamptonshire, SW by Warwickshire, and NW. by Derbyshire; greatest length, about 44 miles; greatest breadth, about 40 miles; area, 511,907 acres, population, 321,258. Low undulating hills cover the surface of the county, the highest elevation being Fardon Hill (902 ft.), in the Charnwood range. Charnwood Forest, in the NW., is now nearly destitute of trees. The principal rivers are tributaries of the Trent, which flows in the NW. of the county; these are the Soar, Wreak, Anker, Devon, and Mease. The Avon and Welland flow in the S. Two canals, the Union and the Grand Union, are connected with the Grand Junction Canal. Much of the soil is loamy, and the richest districts are kept in pasture, upon which are reared the varieties of sheep and cattle for which the county is famous. Dairy farms are numerous, especially in the vicinity of Melton Mowbray, where the well-known Stilton cheese is largely produced. Leicestershire consists mostly of the new red sandstone formation. The coal measures have a total area of ahout 15 square miles, the most productive mines being in the neighbourhood of Ashby de la Zouch. Hosiery is the leading manufacture, the wool employed being that of Leicestershire sheep."
[Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
Please see our Archives, Libraries and Museums page.
Cemeteries, list of addresses and phone numbers, choose Cemeteries, then England, the Leicestershire
Cemeteries in North West Leicestershire, details of those maintained by the district council
Hinckley and Bosworth District Council also have a page on cemeteries they maintain
Cemeteries of the City of Leicester, from Leicestershire and Rutland FHS
Guy Etchells has a site with links to cemeteries and church photos for many places, the front page has five links for Leicester or Leicestershire
Cemeteries, list of addresses and phone numbers from Funeral Services UK, choose Cemeteries, then England, then Leicestershire
Our
census page for England
gives general information.
The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the
Leicestershire & Rutland
Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The
society has
also published
24 volumes in printed form.
Details of Quaker Records are set out on a county by county basis on the Quaker Family History Society website. Parts of North Leicestershire are included under Notts. and Derbys.
Ted Wildy's UK Marriage witness index has entries for Leicestershire.
Copies of birth, death and marriage certificates can be obtained from the General Register Office who have an online system for ordering, or from local offices as described below.
Whilst local offices remain at the centres detailed below all requests for copy certificates of birth, death and marriage should be directed to County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester.
Any orders posted to one of these offices will be forwarded to
Glenfield.
Leicestershire Registration Services have web pages showing how to obtain Copy Certificates required for family history/genealogy
City of Leicester Register Office has similar information, How and Where do I get a copy certificate.
Mike Foster has provided an online transcript of the GRO marriage index (also known as the St. Catherines House Marriage Index) for Leicestershire for the March quarter, 1849.
The Leicestershire County Council website has a section for Leisure and Tourism. Use their associated Go Leicestershire search page for information on places and attractions in the county.
Leicestershire Parish Councils have pages for many councils, accessed through interactive maps.
Leicestershire Villages have community sites for many villages, accessed through an area map or pull-down list.
We have a list giving details of the various county based mailing lists, with several for Leicestershire. Further information is available on the " Genealogy Resources on the Internet" pages maintained by John Fuller and Chris Gaunt.
The Leicestershire Look-up Exchange. Volunteers are offering look-ups in various research references.
The UK GenWeb Project maintains a number of pages of interest to Leicestershire Researchers on its web site. These include bulletin boards relating to queries, obituaries, and biographies, there are also links to family histories.
British History Online provides an extensive history of the Gartree Hundred, around Market Harborough. This is material from the Victoria County History.
All this material has been moved to a separate page on Leicestershire Maps.
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum Collection is within New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA. Tel: 0116 225 4900.
War Memorial Photographs and Transcriptions from Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland is on the Military Badges website of Roger Capewell.
| Leicester Journal | 1759 - 1920 |
| Leicester Herald | 1792 - 1795 1827 - 1833 |
| Leicester Chronicle | 1812 - 1979 |
| Leicestershire Mercury | 1836 - 1864 |
| Leicester(shire) Advertiser | 1842 to date |
| Leicester Guardian | 1857 - 1876 1899 - 1906 |
| Midland Free Press | 1858 - 1917 |
| Leicester Daily Post | 1872 - 1921 |
| Leicester Mercury | 1874 to date |
| Coalville Times | 1893 - 1925 |
The Wigston Framework Knitters Museum, located in an 18 century knitter's home and workshop, contains a number of original hand frames.
The Coal Mining History Resource Centre has published a list of mines working in 1880 which includes many mines in the North West Leicestershire coalfield.
Details of the records of these unions are set out in Gibson & Rogers, "Poor Law Union Records. 2: The Midlands and Northern England" published by the Federation of Family History Societies.
Most records giving details of inmates of the Poor Law Unions in Leicestershire are held at The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland. Staff lists were held centrally (to prevent discharged employees obtaining a post with another union) and are now held at The National Archives .
Peter Higginbotham's Workhouses
Web Site has many pages about the operation of workhouses and the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act.
Index to Poor Law Unions within the United Kingdom
is arranged by county, and has links to detailed pages for most workhouses.
Guy Etchells has transcribed an extract from White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 1863 describing the background to the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act and the operation of the Act in Leicestershire.
The Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society holds its meetings at the Council Room, New Walk Museum, Princess Road West, Leicester. Contents of the society's publications, the "Leicestershire Historian" and its transactions are listed on its web site, which also has useful links to other local organisations.
These pages were developed by Tim Arguile.
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