Belton Rutland Family History Guide

Belton is a chapelry of Wardley Ancient Parish in Rutland.

Alternative names: Belton-in-Rutland

Church: St. Peter

Registers begin: 1577

Nonconformists in Belton include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Parishes adjacent to Belton

• Loddington
• Wardley
• Ridlington
• East Norton
• Leighfield
• Alexton

Historical Description

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Belton, a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland; on the river Eye, 4 miles WNW of Uppingham, and 5 WSW of Manton r. station. It contains a village of its own name, and has a post office under Uppingham. Acres, 2,380. Real property, £2,441. Pop., 441. Houses, 98. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wardley, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is old but good, and has a square embattled tower. There are a Baptist chapel and a free school. Poors' lands yield £83 a year, and other charities £20.

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

Parish Records

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Administration

• County: Rutlandshire
• Civil Registration District: Uppingham
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Peterborough
• Rural Deanery: Rutland
• Poor Law Union: Uppingham
• Hundred: Oakham Soke
• Province: Canterbury