Leicester St Saviour, Leicestershire
Historical Description
St. Saviour's is an ecclesiastical parish formed 5 April, 1878, from the parishes of St. Peter and St. Matthew, Leicester.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1877.
Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Leicester, St Saviour:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1874-1916 | 1878-1931 |
Churches
The church, in St. Saviours road, erected in 1877, is of red brick with stone facings in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, transepts, aisles, and a tower with lofty spire of Caistor stone, containing 8 bells: it was built and endowed at the sole expense of the Rev. Frederick George Barnaby M.A. (d. 1881): there are 1,050 sittings.
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: