Rolleston

Rolleston shares a public cemetery with Billesdon parish out on Uppingham Road.

• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
   
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
   
• The church was built in Norman times (13th century).
   
• The church was restored in 1740.
   
• Timothy HEATON has a photograph of Church of St John the Baptist on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2020.
   
• There is an ancient cross in the churchyard.
   
• Rolleston chapel is a private chapel attached to Rolleston Hall. This tiny church seats 50.
   
• Andrew TATLOW has a photograph of Rolleston Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1579.
   
• The church was in the rural Gartree deanery (third portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Billesdon subdistrict of the Billesdon Registration District.
   

Rolleston was a village, a chapelry and a township in Billesdon parish. It has since become a parish. It is 10 miles southeast of Leicester city. The parish covers 1,094 acres.

The land around the village has been mostly pasture for centuries. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A47 east out of Leicester city to Skeffington. Turn south (right) and drive down to Rolleston village.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Rolleston to another place.

• Rolleston Hall was the property of Viscount CHURCHILL, G.C.V.O., the lord of the manor, in 1912.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK731004 (Lat/Lon: 52.596487, -0.922232), Rolleston which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• Rolleston was a chapelry and a township in Billesdon parish for centuries.
   
• Rolleston became a Civil Parish between 1867 and 1881.
   
• The parish lies in the Gartree Hundred (or Wapentake) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• Rolleston's citizens have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council and, instead, have periodic Parish Meetings for everyone to discuss civic and political issues.
   
• For current politics and civic issues, try the Parish Meeting website. They will not assist with family history questions.
   
• District governance is provided by the Harborough District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the East Norton petty sessional hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Billesdon Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1871	40
1881	68
1891	57
1901	74
1911	59
1921	54
1931	67
1951	61
1961	55

• The children of this place attended school in Billesdon parish.