Stoke Warwickshire Family History Guide

Stoke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1574
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOKE, a parish, with a village, in Foleshill district, Warwick; 2 miles ENE of Coventry r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Stoke-Green, under Coventry. Acres, 920. Real property, £9,643. Pop. in 1851, 1,031; in 1861, 1,555. Houses, 325. The manor belongs to the corporation of Coventry. There are many fine villas. Ribbon-weaving is carried on. The living is a vicarage, united with Walsgrave, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £333. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has been repaired and enlarged. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Directors of Companies

The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Stoke or the company was based in Stoke or both.

Boughton – Mr Edmund Boughton, Stoke, near Coventry, is a director of the –
Birmingham Dudley and District Banking Company Limited
Birmingham Exchange Buildings Company Limited

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Warwickshire, Stoke – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Michael’s Church, Stoke, Coventry
Author: Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

England, Warwickshire, Stoke – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Stoke, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Warwickshire, Stoke – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stoke, 1664-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Stoke, 1573-1918
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Stoke – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Stoke, Warwick, England ; christenings, 1573-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Stoke, Warwick, England ; marriages, 1573-1547, 1665-1809
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Warwickshire, Stoke – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers for Stoke, 1573-1918
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke (Warwickshire)

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Foleshill
  • Probate Court: Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Coventry
  • Poor Law Union: Foleshill
  • Hundred: Knightlow
  • Province: Canterbury