Available Church and Burial Records

This lists the records of christenings[C], marriages[M] and burials[B] which took place at Blackfordby parish church and which can be found at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. The dates for which banns are held are shown in brackets after the marriage dates. Bishop's Transcripts [BTs] are contemporary copies which are also shown. It also provides information about burials and cremations outside the parish church.
C 1653 - 1973
M 1654 - 1738; 1876 - 1980 (1993)
B 1653 - 1942
BTs 1630 - 1894 with gaps (see St. Helen's Ashby de la Zouch)
Transcripts
Extracts from the register, 1561 - 1972,A.B.Clarke

There is no civic cemetery at Blackfordby. Cremations might take place at Bretby or Loughborough.
Bretby Crematorium is in Geary Lane, Bretby, Staffordshire DE15 0QE. It opened in 1975 and records can be accessed on request to the Crematorium and Cemeteries Manager, Crematorium Office, Geary Lane, Bretby, Staffs. DE15 0QE.
Crematoria details