Exton Local History and Parish Records

An engraving of old Exton

In this section of the website you can find out about the history of Exton and the surrounding area. It also contains details from Parish records of births marriages and deaths dating back to the 16th century and plans of both the Parish Church graveyard and the Catholic graveyard showing where graves are located. This information was collected by a group of villagers interested in local history.

The original documents have now been placed in Leicestershire and Rutland Public Records Office. Historians and genealogists requiring further information should contact them rather than the webmaster or the Parish Clerk. You can search Leicestershire Public Records Office website by following this link http://record-office-catalogue.leics.gov.uk/CalmView/. It also contains a number of other items with links to Exton.

A very detailed history of Exton can also be found on the British History website at https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/rutland/vol2/pp127-134.

An illustrated history of Exton

history (Word Document, 3 Mb)
Illustrated history of Exton

A map showing Exton's old yards with traditional names

Documents relating to Exton graveyards survey and parish records

Exton baptisms 1597-1812 (MS Excel, 463 Kb)
Records of Exton baptisms 1597-1812
Marriages 1597-1812 (MS Excel, 166 Kb)
Records of Exton Marriages 1597-1812
Burials 1597-1812 (MS Excel, 339 Kb)
Record of Exton burials 1597-1812
Complete churchyard (MS Excel, 167 Kb)
Survey of complete churchyard
Section A plan (MS Word, 972 Kb)
Graveyard section A Plan
Section B plan (MS Word, 1016 Kb)
Graveyard section B plan includes garden of remembrance
Section C plan (MS Word, 947 Kb)
Graveyard Section C Plan
Section D plan (MS Word, 997 Kb)
Graveyard Section D Plan
section E plan (MS Excel, 53 Kb)
Graveyard plan Section E
Section F (MS Word, 1.2 Mb)
Graveyard plan Section F
Exton churchyard records Section A (MS Excel, 50 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section A
Exton churchyard records Section B (MS Excel, 53 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section B
Exton churchyard records Section C (MS Excel, 38 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section C
Exton churchyard records Section D (MS Excel, 49 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section D
Exton churchyard records Section E (MS Excel, 53 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section E
Exton churchyard records Section F (MS Excel, 31 Kb)
Exton churchyard records Section F
Gypsy records (MS Word, 37 Kb)
Records of gypsy burials at Exton
Church plan (MS Word, 985 Kb)
Plan of Exton Parish church
Garden of remembrance (MS Excel, 29 Kb)
Copy of garden of remembrance Exton Churchyard
St Thomas guide (MS Word, 40 Kb)
St Thomas of Canterbury general guide
St Thomas memorials (MS Word, 427 Kb)
St Thomas of Canterbury memorial inscriptions
Gainsboroughs (MS Word, 82 Kb)
St Thomas of Canterbury Gainsborough family records
WW1 regiment burial (MS Word, 58 Kb)
Exton World War1 regimental burial
Exton War Memorial (MS Word, 52 Kb)
Names of Exton War Memorial