Difference between revisions of "Warwickshire"

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Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.

Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.

The county's industries are engineering and textile production.

The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.

Resources

Primary Reference

County Record Office

Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre

Birmingham City Archives

West Midlands BMD

Warwickshire OPC

Warwickshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages

The Census in Warwickshire

Warwickshire Census Strays

The Midlands' Digital Library

List of Illegitimacy Orders

Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS

Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy

Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs

Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records

Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)

Tithe Apportionments

Windows on Warwickshire

Specific Town and Village Interest

Alcester and District Local History Society

Aston Brook Through Aston Manor

Barford Heritage Group

The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882

Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Birmingham History Webring

Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions

Old Birmingham Garages

Birmingham History and Genealogy

Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive

Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases

Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham

Virtual Brum

Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836

Coventry During The Blitz

Coventry FHS

Coventry Collections

Coventry's Historic Past

History of Coventry Market

Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations

Dunchurch

Digital Handsworth

Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census

Ladywood

Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview

Leamington Priors

Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton

History of Oxhill

Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes

Quinton Local History Society

Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School

The Quinton Oracle

Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868

Rugby Family History Group

Solihull History

Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon

Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900

Warwickshire History Society

Virtual Museum, Willenhall

Winson Green to Brookfields

Wythall People

Maps and Photographs

Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area

Heart of England -Photographs

Victorian Photography Studios

Register Office

Warwickshire BMD

Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web

There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton.

Atherstone Register Office

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
First Floor, Warwick House,
Ratcliffe Street,
Atherstone
CV9 1JP
Tel 01827 713241

Nuneaton Register Office

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
The Register Office
Riversley Park,
Coton Road
Nuneaton
CV11 5HA
Tel 02476 348948

Rugby

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire East Registration District
5 Bloxam Place
Rugby
CV21 3DS
Tel 01788 571233

Warwick

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire South Registration District
Pageant House
2 Jury Street
Warwick
CV34 4EW
Tel 01926 494269

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

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+|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
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-[[Image:EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Warwickshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
-<br>
-'''Warwickshire'''
-County town: Warwick
+Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.
-Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
-Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare. Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.
 The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
 The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
+| style="width:250px" align="left"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+|
+'''County town:''' Warwick
+'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
-[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
-There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
-==Register Office==
-'''Atherstone Register Office'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
-Ratcliffe Street, <br>
-Atherstone<br>
-CV9 1JP<br>
-Tel 01827 713241<br>
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
-'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
+*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-The Register Office<br>
-Riversley Park, <br>
-Coton Road<br>
-Nuneaton<br>
-CV11 5HA<br>
-Tel 02476 348948
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
-'''Rugby'''
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
-Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
-Bloxam Place<br>
-Rugby<br>
-CV21 3DS<br>
-Tel 01788 571233
-'''Warwick'''
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
-Pageant House<br>
-Jury Street<br>
-Warwick<br>
-CV34 4EW<br>
-Tel 01926 494269
+*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
+*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
-*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
+*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
-*Shirley (West Midlands) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-*South Birmingham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-==Photo Offers==
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-==Links==
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
+*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
-*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
+*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
+*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
+*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
-*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
+*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
-*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
+*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry  ]
-*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
-*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
-*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
-*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands History Society]
+*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
+*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
-*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
+*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
+*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L]
+*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
-*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]
-*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
+*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
-*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
+*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
-'''Family and Social History'''
+*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
-*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
-*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
+*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
+*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
-*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
+*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
-*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets] - under construction
+*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
-*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
-*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
-*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
-*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
-*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
-*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html People who have a connection with the City of Coventry,criminals, owned property, etc]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
-*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
-*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
-*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Covenrty 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
-*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
-*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
 *[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
-*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers] also Woodhouse Road School
+*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
+*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
 *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
-*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton,1840 to 1868]
+*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868]
+*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
+*[http://www.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
 *[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
+*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
 *[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
+*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
 *[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
+*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
+There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton.
+'''Atherstone Register Office'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
+Ratcliffe Street, <br>
+Atherstone<br>
+CV9 1JP<br>
+Tel 01827 713241<br>
+'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+The Register Office<br>
+Riversley Park, <br>
+Coton Road<br>
+Nuneaton<br>
+CV11 5HA<br>
+Tel 02476 348948
+'''Rugby'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
+Bloxam Place<br>
+Rugby<br>
+CV21 3DS<br>
+Tel 01788 571233
+'''Warwick'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
+Pageant House<br>
+Jury Street<br>
+Warwick<br>
+CV34 4EW<br>
+Tel 01926 494269
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]