Leicester Christ Church, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1839 out of St. Margaret's, Leicester.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1839.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Leicester, Christ Church:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1839-1916 | 1857-1931 |
Churches
The church, in Bow street, is an edifice of brick and stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, vestries and a turret containing a clock and one bell: in 1873 the church was restored and reseated, when a new vestry was built, a western gallery added and a new organ and pulpit provided, and in 1905 it was completely renovated at a cost of £200: there are 797 sittings, 284 of which are free.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: