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Allexton

"ALLEXTON, or Alexton, is a small village and parish in Billesdon Union and Uppingham County Court District, and is situated at the south-east extremity of East Goscote Hundred, on the west side of the small river Eye which separates it from Rutlandshire. It is 3 1/2 miles W. of Uppingham, and 16 E. by S. of Leicester, and contains only 60 inhabitants, and an area of 1000 acres of land, chiefly clay, and the surface generally hilly, but in some places flat." [White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition 1877]

Census

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 it in print and Volume 11 covers the Billesden Sub-District which includes Allexton.

Church Records

The Society of Genealogists holds copies of parish records including marriages from 1570 - 1621 and baptisms, marriages and burials from 1636 - 1836.

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Maps

Multi Media Mapping have a current map showing the location of Allexton.

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Last updated: 26 August 2001 - Tim Arguile