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== Parish History  ==
== Parish History  ==


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Keyham All Saints was formed asa chapelry to [[Rothley,_Leicestershire]] Ancient Parish.<br>
 
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.<br><br>


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
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==== Church records  ====
==== Church records  ====
Deposited records are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office
Contact: The Record Office<br>Telephone: 0116 2571080<br>Fax: 0116 2571120<br>E-mail: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk
Diocese of Leicester:Keyham Bap 1563 - 2003 Marr 1563 - 1836;1840-2005 (Banns to2006) Bur 1563 - 2006<br><br>


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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  
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==== Poor Law Unions  ====
==== Poor Law Unions  ====


[[Billesdon Poor Law Union, Leicestershire]]
[[Billesdon Poor Law Union, Leicestershire]]  


==== Probate records  ====
==== Probate records  ====
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