Rearsby Leicestershire Family History Guide

Rearsby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1648
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1566

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Queniborough
• Ratcliffe on the Wreake
• Thrussington
• Brooksby
• Gaddesby

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

REARSBY, a village and a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester. The village stands near the Syston and Peterborough railway, and near the river Wreak, 7 miles WSW of Melton-Mowbray; and has a post-office under Leicester, and a r. station.

The parish comprises 1,800 acres. Real property, £3, 933. Pop., 468. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. A. Pochin, Esq. There is a wharf on the river. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £720. Patron, the Rev. T. Hassall. The church is old but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, two schools, and charities £8. Sacheverelle, noticed in Walker’s History, was rector.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

REARSBY (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Barrow-upon-Soar, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 7½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Leicester; containing 471 inhabitants.

The parish is situated on the river Wreke, and intersected by the road from Leicester to Melton-Mowbray. It comprises 1605a. 1r. 29p., of which 949 acres are arable: the soil is in some parts a strong clay, and in others of a light quality; the surface is in general level. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of hosiery. Here is a station of the Syston and Peterborough railway.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £17. 9. 7.; net income, £645; patron, the Rev. N. Morgan. The tithes were commuted for land in 1761; the glebe altogether consists of 335 acres. The church is in the later English style.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Rearsby parish church, Leicestershire, England about 1700-1950

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

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Rearsby, 1566-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rearsby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby, church records

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby, church records

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby, church records, 1648-1965
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rearsby (Leicestershire); Leicestershire Record Office

Marriages at Rearsby, 1653-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rearsby (Leicestershire)

Monumental inscriptions of Rearsby Cemetery

Parish registers for Rearsby, 1648-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rearsby (Leicestershire)

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Rearsby, Leics., Eng

Parish register printouts of Rearsby, Leicester, England ; christenings, 1733-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Rearsby, Leicester, England ; marriages, 1733-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Leicestershire, Rearsby – History ( 1 )
Rearsby, Leicestershire : the story of a village

Administration

• County: Leicestershire
• Civil Registration District: Barrow upon Soar
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
• Diocese: Peterborough
• Rural Deanery: Goscote
• Poor Law Union: Barrow upon Soar
• Hundred: East Goscote
• Province: Canterbury