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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
KEYHAM, a '''chapelry''', in the parish of Rothley,union of Billesdon, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A.',[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51073 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)''], pp. 663-667. Date accessed: 24 August 2012.</ref> | |||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Keyham like this: | In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Keyham like this: | ||
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Revision as of 15:46, 24 August 2012
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
KEYHAM, a chapelry, in the parish of Rothley,union of Billesdon, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester. [1]
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Keyham like this:
KEYHAM, or KEAME, a township-chapelry in Rothley parish, Leicestershire; on an affluent of the river Soar, 5½ miles E by N of Leicester r. station. Posttown, Leicester. Acres, 940. Real property, £1, 768. Pop., 122. Houses, 33. The manor belongs to the trustees of the late Sir James Parker: and much of the land, with the Old Hall, belongs to T. Miles, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Rothley, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is old but good, and has a tower. Charities, £42; of which £15 are to a school.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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 Leicester:Keyham Bap 1563 - 2003 Marr 1563 - 1836;1840-2005 (Banns to2006) Bur 1563 - 2006
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Billesdon Poor Law Union, Leicestershire
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Leicestershire 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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
Reference
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- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.',A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 663-667. Date accessed: 24 August 2012.