Can you tell me if Overseal, Netherseal, and Seal in Leicestershire in the late 1700's are the same

LegacyUser

Can you tell me if Overseal, Netherseal, and Seal in Leicestershire in the late 1700's are the same place. I have ancestors from there and find it listing all the places on different records.

FranEllsworth

@Debrah Lee Putnam​  http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20109 This should help.🙂

LegacyUser

Thank you. I have looked there already.

 

David G Fletcher

Your question was "Is Overseal, Netherseal and Seal the same place?"

They are not.

SEAL is the Parish.

Netherseal is a Township and contains the place Netherseal in which is St Peter's Church.

Overseal is a Township and contains the place Overseal in which is St Matthews Church.

 

Both Netherseal Township and Overseal Township are in the Parish of Seal.

(This information is taken from Cockin's "The Parish Atlas of England" - this atlas is based on pre-1844 boundaries.

 

From"The Phillimore - Atlas & Index of Parish Registers" the parish registers of "Nether and Over Seal" commenced in 1566. Again the maps in this Atlas show Netherseal and Overseal as separate places.

 

Hope the above helps.