Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire Genealogy
| Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Kington |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Poor Law Union | Stratford on Avon |
| Registration District | Stratford on Avon |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1678 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1608 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Kineton |
| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Warwickshire County Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
MORETON MORRELL, a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire; on the Fosse Way, 5 miles WSW of Harbury r. station, and 6¾ S by E of Warwick. Post town is Kineton under Warwick.[1]
Moreton Morrell is a small parish that is bounded on the east by the Fosse Way and on the other three sides by small streams. It contains an insignificant hill "Merehull" now Morrell. Moreton occupies the southern portion of the parish.[2]
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]
Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| AC = Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (Ancestry) - (£).[3][4] |
| Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| AC | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 |
| AC | 1813-1910 | 1813-1910 | ||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Information about the parish may be found on Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks. Records are also available at the Warwickshire County Record Office.
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. 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 M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72. Date accessed and adapted: 13 November 2013.
- ↑ Saltzman, F., A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5: Kington hundred, (1949). Date accessed and adapted: 13 November 2013.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812,', Ancestry, accessed 13 June 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 1 July 2014.
