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[[Image:All_Saints_Keyham_Leicestershire.jpg|thumb|right|Keyham All Saints]]<br> | |||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Revision as of 00:14, 20 May 2011
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Keyham All Saints was formed asa chapelry to Rothley, Leicestershire Ancient Parish.
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]
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
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]
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.