- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is a copy of an article in Wikipedia
Congerstone is a small settlement in Leicestershire, England. It is near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal and the A444 road.
Congerstone appears also to have been known as Congerston.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Congerstone from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- CONGERSTON, a parish in Market-Bosworth [registration] district. Leicester; on the river Anker and the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, 3 miles NW of Market-Bosworth, and 7 NNE of Atherstone [railway] station. Post town: Twycross, under Atherstone. Acres, 1,020. Real property: £1,226. Population: 250. Houses: 57. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £218. Patron: Earl Home. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and alms-houses."
Research Tips
- From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
- From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
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- A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.
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