Branston Leicestershire Family History Guide

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Branston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names: Braunston, Branstone

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1591
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRANSTON, Branstone, or Braunston, a parish in Melton-Mowbray district, Leicester; 7 miles N of Frisby r. station, and 8 NNE of Melton-Mowbray.

It has a post office under Grantham. Acres, 960. Real property, £2,662. Pop., 297. Houses, 57. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £350. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is very good.

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

Parish Records

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England, Leicestershire, Braunston

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

England, Leicestershire, Branston – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Branston, 1578-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branston (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Branston, bishop transcripts, 1578-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branston (Leicestershire); Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

England, Leicestershire, Branston, church records

Marriages at Branston, 1591-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branston (Leicestershire)

Parish register extracts, 1628-1763
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branston (Leicestershire)

Parish registers for Branston, 1591-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branston (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Branston – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Parish register printouts of Branston, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1813-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Branston, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1754-1839
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Branston, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1838-1885
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Branston, Leicester, England, christenings, 1578-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Leicestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Melton Mowbray
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Framland
  • Poor Law Union: Melton Mowbray
  • Hundred: Framland
  • Province: Canterbury