Available Church and Burial Records

This lists the records of christenings[C], marriages[M] and burials[B] which took place at Sileby 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 1568 - 1656; 1683 - 1968
M 1568 - 1656; 1683 - 2000 (1993)
B 1568 - 1654; 1683 - 1986
BTs 1563 - 1835 with gaps
Transcripts
M 1568 - 1837, Phillimore, Vol. Vlll, p. 53 - 96
CMB 1563 - 1682, A.B.Clarke
CMB 1683 - 1714, A.B.Clarke
C 1563 - 1714, IGI
Baptist
Bi 1791 - 1837
Wesleyan Methodist
BiC 1818 - 1836
M 1911 - 1968
Primitive Methodist (Loughborough Circuit)
C 1853 - 1876
There is a civic cemetery in Sileby which opened in 1881 and records are available from the Parish Clerk.
The nearest crematorium is probably Loughborough Crematorium which is situated in Loughborough Cemetery, Leicester Road, Loughborough, LE11 2AF. Records are available from the Cemetery Officer, Charnwood Borough Council, Southfields, Loughbrough, LE11 2NT