Lighthorne Warwickshire Family History Guide
Lighthorne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Lighthorne Parish Registers
These records, which span both Warwickshire and Worcestershire archives, include digitized records of baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials including images and indexed transcriptions.
Lighthorne, Worcestershire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Lighthorne, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922
Lighthorne, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947
Lighthorne, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LIGHTHORNE, a village and a parish in Southam district, Warwick. The village stands near the Fosse way, 3½ miles N of Kineton, and 4 SW by S of Harbury r. station; and has a post office under Warwick.
The parish comprises 2,007 acres. Real property, £2,249. Pop., 391. Houses, 85. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Willoughby de Broke. The parish is a meet for the Warwickshire hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £322. Patron, Lord Willoughby de Broke. The church is early English, in good condition; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains a tablet to the late Lord Willoughby de Broke. There is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Southam
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Kineton
- Poor Law Union: Southam
- Hundred: Kington
- Province: Canterbury