Church records

Most of the records for local baptisms, births, marriages and burials are housed in the Leicestershire Record Office. Many will be in microform, some are the printed originals.

Staff can make searches and copies for you but there are charges and it can take 6 - 8 weeks for them to respond. To enter the Record Office you will need a ticket. You must produce TWO forms of identify proof with a photo.

The table below will guide you to what's available.

The address and opening hours of the Record Office are at the end of the page.

CHURCH	Christenings Baptisms or Births	Marriages or Banns	Burials
Anglican St Mary in the Elms Woodhouse	1623 – 1706 1710 – 1715 1750 – 1812 1817 - 2006	1623 – 1706 1710 – 2007	1623 – 1706 1710 - 1748 1758 – 1812 1813 - 1971
Anglican St Paul’s Woodhouse Eaves	1844 - 1971	1837 - 1983 (Banns to 1969)	1844 - 1978
Baptist Methodist	1799-1837 1853-1876 1841-2000	1927-1946
Quaker (Leics & Rutland)	1648-1794 1825-1875 1877 1882-1909 1915-1933 1939-1958	1648-1794 1695-1767 1903-1934 1939-1943 1952	1648-1794 1888-1961

Record Office
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester
LE18 2AH
0116 257 1080
recordoffice@leics.gov.uk

Open: 9.15 - 5.00 (7.30 pm Wednesday, 4.45pm Friday, 12.15 pm Saturday)

Closed Bank Holiday Saturdays, and one week in October for stocktaking

Leicestershire Libraries have a web page on tracing family histories:

How to trace your family history

Leicestershire Parish Councils

Charnwood Borough

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