England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Leire lies in southern Leicestershire close to the border with neighbouring Warwickshire. The village, which is compact, lies just west of the busy M1 motorway which links London to the north. Leire is roughly 4 miles north of the market town of Lutterworth and 6 miles southeast of the industrial town of Hinckley. Leire is set in rolling country at about 110 metres above sea level in land largely used historically for mixed pastoral and arable farming. Fields are small with thick hedges and this is traditional fox hunting country. Close to the west of Leire runs the ancient Roman Fosse Way whilst to the south runs Watling Street, the area has always been at the heart of England's communication network. The parish of Leire was quite a small area, just over 1,000 acres and supported somewhat in the region of 400 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was split two ways but supported 8 ploughs. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 14th October 1754 - 1st November 1772 | Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1425/4 | Plain, ruled & bordered book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 4th December 1772 - 19th July 1802 | Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1425/2 | Plain, unruled book, entries in the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading & poor segregation of entries make for a challenging read and may result in a few misreads |
3 | 26th July 1803 - 29th December 1812 | Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1425/5 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 5th July 1813 - 27th December 1836 | Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office - Reference - DE1425/6 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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