Whatcote, Warwickshire Genealogy
| Whatcote, Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Kington |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Poor Law Union | Shipston on Stour |
| Registration District | Shipston on Stour |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1571 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1611 | |
| 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 | |
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
WHATCOTE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4¼ miles NE from Shipston. [1]
WHATCOTE, a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick: 9½ miles SE of Stratford-on-Avon r. station. Post town, Shipston-on-Stour.[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. Another site is the West Midlands BMD which comprises parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, & Staffordshire.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Whatcote, 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][5] |
| Whatcote, Warwickshire Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| AC | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 |
| AC | 1813-1910 | 1813-1910 | 1754-1824 | 1754-1824 | ||
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.
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]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 534-537. Date accessed: 10 November 2013.
- ↑ 1870-72, John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812,', Ancestry, accessed 13 June 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 1 July 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 15 July 2014.
