Blaston Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Blaston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Other places in the parish include: St Giles, Blaston St Giles, Blaston St Michael, St Giles in Blaston, St Michael, and St Michaels in Blaston.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1676
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1634

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BLASTON, two parishes B.-St. Giles and B.-St. Michael in the district of Uppingham and county of Leicester; 3 miles N of Medbourne Bridge r. station, and 5½ W by S of Uppingham. Post Town, Hallaton, under Uppingham.

Acres, 1,267. Real property, £2,404. Pop. of B.-St. Giles, 25. Houses, 6. Pop. of B.-St. Michael, 68. Houses, 15. The property is subdivided.

B.-St. Giles is a donative rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £213. Patron, the Rev. G. O. Fenwicke. The church is good.

B.-St. Michael is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Hallaton. Charities, £10.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Blaston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
England, Leicestershire, Market Harborough burial register
Author: Market Harborough Burial Board (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Blaston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Blaston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Leicestershire, Blaston – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Michael’s Church, Blaston, 1634-1826
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Blaston, Leicestershire); Church of England. St. Giles’ Church (Blaston, Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Blaston, church records

England, Leicestershire, Blaston, church records

England, Leicestershire, Blaston, church records : St. Giles and St. Michaels Church, 1721-1902
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Blaston, Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Blaston – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Blaston, Leicester, England (St. Giles) ; christenings, 1813-1849
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Blaston, Leicester, England (St. Michael) ; christenings, 1723-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Blaston, Leicester, England (St. Michael) ; marriages, 1741-1825
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Uppingham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Gartree
  • Poor Law Union: Uppingham
  • Hundred: Gartree (Leicestershire)
  • Province: Canterbury