Sileby History
Its people and places. A community through time.
PARISH & OTHER REGISTERS
Church of England Parish Registers
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Sileby parish registers have survived from 1568. They record births, baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish. In the main, the registers are fairly easy to read but in some parts they suffer from the phonetic spelling and awful handwriting of the parish clerks compiling them. Some pages have faded with age and a few entries have been deliberately erased. There are gaps in the record, significantly during the late interregnum and in the 1660s. These gaps reflect the chaotic nature of the local church at the time, with the removal and replacement of a number of church officials.
The parish registers are held at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (ROLLR) currently (2024) at Wigston, Leicester.
They are:
Register
Type
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
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Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Banns
Banns
Banns
Banns
Banns
Banns
Banns
Banns
Burials Burials
Burials
Burials
Burials
Burials
Burials
Burials
Burials
Years
Covered
1568 – 1656
1683 – 1715
1715 – 1764
1765 – 1812
1813 – 1831
1831 – 1886
1886 – 1948
1948 – 1968
1568 – 1656
1683 – 1714
1715 – 1754
1754 – 1810
1810 – 1832
1813 – 1837
1837 – 1879
1879 – 1919
1919 – 1932
1932 – 1942
1942 – 1955
1955 – 1967
1968 – 1981
1981 – 2000
1777 – 1781
1825 – 1830
1850 – 1914
1914 – 1940
1940 – 1961
1961 – 1968
1969 – 1983
1983 – 1990
1568 – 1654
1683 – 1714
1715 – 1764
1765 – 1812
1813 – 1842
1843 – 1846
1846 – 1876
1876 – 1967
1968 – 1986
ROLLR
Reference
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DE 2844/1
DE 2844/2
DE 2844/3
DE 2844/4
DE 2844/5
DE 2844/6
DE 2844/7
DE 2844/8
DE 2844/1
DE 2844/2
DE 2844/3
DE 2844/9
DE 2844/10
DE 2844/11
DE 2844/12
DE 2844/13
DE 2844/14
DE 2844/15
DE 2844/16
DE 2844/17
DE 2844/18
DE 6626/1
DE 2844/9
DE 2844/9
DE 3895/2
DE 3895/3
DE 3895/4
DE 3895/5
DE 3895/6
DE 5647/1
DE 2844/1
DE 2844/2
DE 2844/3
DE 2844/4
DE 2844/19
DE 2844/4
DE 2844/20 DE 2844/21
DE 3895/1
Sileby Parish Index Ref.
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SPR1
SPR2
SPR3
SPR4
SPR5
SPR6
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SPR1
SPR2
SPR3
SPR9
SPR10
SPR11
SPR12
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SPR9
SPR9
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SPR1
SPR2
SPR3
SPR4
SPR19
SPR4
SPR20
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Additional
Notes
Births only 1654-1656
Pre-1694 are Births
Non-standard register
No Burials registered 1941–1948
Nonconformist Denominations
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The 17th century saw the rise of nonconformist groups in the parish, particularly during the civil war period and shortly afterwards. Baptist and Quaker sects were the first to organise themselves, later followed by the Methodist societies in the 18th and 19th century. Early registers were mainly of baptisms and marriages; all except the Quakers were buried within the parish churchyard until the late 19th century. The registers below have Sileby residents listed for that denomination.
1. General Baptists
Baptist
Group
Rothley & Sileby
Quorn (& Loughborough)
Register
Type
Births
Births, Baptisms
Years
Covered
1791 – 1836
1786 – 1837
Register
Reference
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RD4/1307
RD4/1457
Register
Repository
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National Archives
National Archives
Sileby Parish Index Ref.
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GBRS1
BQ1
2. Wesleyan Methodist
Register
Type
Births, Baptisms
Births, Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Baptisms
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
Marriages
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Years
Covered
1776 – 1837
1813 – 1836
1862 – 1955
1955 – 1965
1964 – 1968
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1911 – 1931*
1931 – 1947*
1948 – 1953*
1953 – 1959*
1960 – 1966*
1966 – 1968*
Register
Reference
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RD4/1126
RD4/1127
DE 6214/25
DE 6214/26/1
DE 6214/20/1
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N/M/207/290
N/M/207/291
N/M/207/292
N/M/207/293
N/M/207/294
N/M/207/295
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Sileby Parish Index Ref.
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WMLC1
WMS1
Register
Repository
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National Archives
National Archives
ROLLR
ROLLR
ROLLR
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ROLLR
ROLLR
ROLLR
ROLLR
ROLLR
ROLLR
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Wesleyan
Chapel
Bishop Street, Leicester
Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
High Street, Sileby
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3. Primitive Methodist
Primitive Methodist
Chapel
Dead Lane, Loughborough
Loughborough PM circuit
Register
Type
Births, Baptisms
Baptisms
Years
Covered
1805,1815 – 1837
1853 – 1876
Register
Reference
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RD4/1303
N/M/207/182
Register
Repository
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National Archives
ROLLR
Sileby Parish Index Ref.
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PMLD1
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4. Society of Friends (Quakers)
Quaker Meeting
Monthly/Quarterly
Old Dalby Monthly Meeting
Leicester Monthly Meeting
Leicester Monthly Meeting
Leicester Monthly Meeting
Leicester Quarterly Meeting
Register
Type
Births, Marr, Bur
Births, Marr, Bur
Births, Marr, Bur
Burials
Burials
Years
Covered
1668 – 1711
1648 – 1740
1653 – 1776
1796 – 1836
1776 – 1790
Register
Reference
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RG6/1397
RG6/1414
RG6/1567
RG6/729
RG6/994
Register
Repository
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National Archives
National Archives
National Archives
National Archives
National Archives
Sileby Parish Index Ref.
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PMLD1
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[ Church of England Parish Registers ] [ Nonconformist Denominations ] [ Transcript of entries 1568 - 1849 ]
Sileby Parish and other Registers: Transcript of entries 1568 - 1849
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A transcription of register entries is listed and indexed by surname. Click here to access
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