Place:Rolleston, Leicestershire, England

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Rolleston (sometimes Rolleston) is a parish and estate village near Billesdon in Leicestershire, England, and part of Harborough District. The population of the village is under 100 and thus combined with the neighbouring civil parish of Skeffington.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rolleston from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ROLLESTON, a chapelry in Billesdon parish, Leicester; 1¾ mile S S E of Billesdon, and 5¾ N E of Kibworth [railway] station. Post-town: Billesdon, under Leicester. Population: 42. Houses: 10. The manor, with [Rolleston] Hall, belongs to Mrs. Heap. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Billesdon. The church is good; and on the S side ofit is a well-preserved ancient cross.

Research Tips

• The map on the place-page for Billesdon Rural Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
• Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp6-21 - Parish: Billesdon. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
• 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.
• For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
• A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.