Stoneleigh Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Stoneleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Other places in the parish include: Starton, Hurst, Hill, Fynham, Frynham Hill, Fletchampstead, Cryfield, and Canley.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1634
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

THE ALMS HOUSES STONELEIGH WARWICKSHIRE
STONELEIGH VILLAGE WARWICKSHIRE
Stoneleigh abbey
Stoneleigh Church 1917
Stoneleigh church churchyard 1905
Stoneleigh Village
Stoneleigh Village Christmas 1905
Stoneleigh Birmingham Road

Stoneleigh Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Stoneleigh, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Stoneleigh, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Parish Register Extracts from the Notebook of an 18th century Antiquary, Sir Justinian Isham

Parish Register Extracts from the Notebook of an 18th century Antiquary, Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet, of Lamport, Northamptonshire : being extracts from the lost registers of Barby, Maidwell, Pytchley, and Rothwell in Northamptonshire, and from the register of Stoneleigh, in Warwickshire by Isham, Justinian, Sir, 1687-1737 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Stoneleigh Strays

William Lloyd, p. Stoneley, co. Warwick, & Ann Palmer, of F. C, s. 4 June 1810 married at Fenny Compton

Simon Reynelle, p. Stoneleigh, & Elizabeth Radband, p. B. 16 Jan. 1798 married at Bourton on Dunsmore

Parish History

Stoneleigh

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STONELEIGH, a parish, with a village and seven hamlets, in the district and county of Warwick; on the river Avon, 2½ miles E by N of Kenilworth r. station. It has a post-office under Kenilworth. Acres, 9,907. Real property, £15,743. Pop., 1,283. Houses, 283. The manor, from before the Norman conquest till the time of Edward II., belonged to the Crown. A Cistertian monastery was founded here by Henry II.; went, at the dissolution, to the Brandons; and passed to the Leighs.

S. Abbey, now a magnificent mansion, the seat of Lord Leigh, retains restored portions of the monastic buildings; consists chiefly of parts erected about the end of the 17th century; stands in an extensive, well-wooded, undulating park; and was visited, in 1858, by Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £510. Patron, Lord Leigh. The church is ancient, partly Norman, and good. The vicarage of Westwood is a separate benefice. There are a reading room and library, a national school, alms houses with £139 a year, and other charities £21.

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

Fynham

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Fynham, a village in Stoneleigh parish, Warwick; on the river Sow, 3 ½ miles S of Coventry.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Warwick
  • 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: Stonleigh
  • Poor Law Union: Warwick
  • Hundred: Knightlow
  • Province: Canterbury