Arrow, Warwickshire Genealogy
| Arrow, Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Ancient parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Barlichway |
| County | Warwickshire, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Alcester |
| Registration District | Alcester |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1588 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1623 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Warwick |
| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Warwickshire County Record Office | |
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
Arrow, is a township and a parish in Alcester district, Warwickshire. The township is on the Alne or Arrow river, 1 mile SW of Alcester railway station, and 8 miles W of Stratford-on-Avon; the post town is Alcester, under Redditch. The parish includes also the township of Oversley.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870). Adapted. Date accessed: 16 October 2013
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
