Budbrooke Warwickshire Family History Guide
Budbrooke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Other places in the parish include: Norton Curlew with Littleworth, Norton Curlew with Littlewood, Lower Norton with Littleworth, and Hampton on the Hill.
Alternative names: Budbrook
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1625
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BUDBROOKE, a parish and a subdistrict in the district and county of Warwick. The parish lies on the Birmingham and Warwick canal, and on the Birmingham and Oxford railway, 1½ mile NW of Warwick.
It includes the hamlets of Hampton-on-the-Hill, and Lower Norton-with-Littleworth; and its Post Town is Warwick. Acres, 3,216. Real property, £6,288. Pop., 492. Houses, 112. Grove Park here is the seat of Lord Dormer.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £476. Patron, Rev. H. B. Faulkner. The church is a plain edifice, with a square tower; and contains monuments of the Dormers. There is a Roman Catholic chapel. A school has £50 from endowment; and other charities £46.
The subdistrict contains nine parishes. Acres, 18,463. Pop., 4,446. Houses, 958.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BUDBROOK (St. Michael), a parish, in the Snitterfield division of the hundred of Barlichway, union, and S. division of the county, of Warwick, 1½ mile (W. N. W.) from Warwick; containing 508 inhabitants.
This parish, which is near the road from Warwick to Birmingham, comprises by measurement 3150 acres; the surrounding scenery is richly varied, and there are some views, from the higher grounds, of the town and castle of Warwick. Grove Park, in the parish, was presented by Queen Elizabeth to her favourite, Dudley, Earl of Leicester. The Birmingham and Warwick and the Napton canals meet in the parish.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £8, and in the patronage of the Rev. H. White: the tithes have been commuted for £427. 5. The church, a neat edifice in good repair, has been beautified, and several of the windows embellished with stained glass.
There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Hampton Hill, the seat of Lord Dormer. A parochial school is endowed with £22. 11. per annum, a portion of the rental of land bequeathed in 1701 by Job Marston.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Edwards Wm., Stank-hill house, Budbrooke, Warwicksh. ; & Thos. Hen. Blackburn Venour, Leamington Priors, scriveners and builders, Sept. 6, 1639.
Directors of Companies
The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Budbrooke or the company was based in Budbrooke or both.
Lloyd – Mr Sampson S Lloyd, jun., J.P., Budbrooke House, Warwick, is a director of –
John Bagnall and Sons Limited
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire 1854
BUDBROOK a parish in Barlichway Hundred, is situated 2 miles north west from Warwick station and 110 from London, comprises the hamlets of HAMPTON ON THE HILL and LOWER NORTON. The church is dedicated to St Michael. The living is a vicarage value between £400 and 500 per annum. The Rev William Cardall MA is the present patron and incumbent.
Here is a National school and also a Sunday school. There is also at Hampton a Roman Catholic chapel and school supported by Lord Dormer. The manor belongs to Lord Dormer. The Warwick and Birmingham canal runs near. Acreage 3,216; population, 495.
GENTRY
Devis James esq Hampton lodge
Dormer Lord Grove park
Lloyd George M.D. Norton lodge
Longman Rev Thomas Hampton
Torre Rev Henry Stank hill
Woods Rev Charles T. B.A., curate Vicarage
Bennett Sarah Mrs blacksmith
Bolton Joseph parish clerk
Collins James carpenter & beer retailer
Cox Joseph farmer
Davies John farmer
Denny Josiah farmer
Grant Richard basketmaker
Ivens Thomas farmer
Kiss Thomas farmer
Lake Robert Henry farmer
Palmer John farmer Powers
Edward machine owner
Pratt Henry farmer
Reading Richard farmer
Tarver Thomas carpenter
Letters received through Warwick
Source: Post office directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, and part of Staffordshire (of Birmingham, with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire) [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1854
Maps
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Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Warwick
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Warwick
- Poor Law Union: Warwick
- Hundred: Barlinchway
- Province: Canterbury