Wolford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Alternative names: Great Wolford
Other places in the parish include: Little Wolford.
Parish church: St Michael & All Angels
Parish registers begin: 1654
Parishes adjacent to Wolford
- Evenlode
- Todenham
- Batsford
- Barton on the Heath
- Little Compton
- Burmington
- Lower Lemington
- Moreton in Marsh
- Long Compton
Historical Descriptions
Wolford
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND & WALES 1870
Wolford (Great and Little), a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; 3½ miles ENE of Moreton r. station. Post town, Shipston-on-Stour. Acres, 2,679. Real property, £4,080. Pop., 534. Houses, 98. Little W. belonged formerly to the Ingrams; belongs now to Sir. G. R. Philips, Bart.; and has been much improved. The living is a vicarage, united with Burmington, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £480. Patron, Merton College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1833. Charities, £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Great Wolford
THE PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1851
Woolford (Great), a parish in the Brailes division of the hund. of Kington, union of Shipston-on-Stour, county of Warwick; 4 miles south by west of Shipston-on-Stour. It includes the hamlet of Little Woolford. Living, a vicarage in the dio. of Worcester; rated at £8; gross income £135. Patrons, Merton college, Oxford. In 1833 here were 2 daily schools, supported partly by subscription. Endowed charities, in 1827, £2 10s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £398 17s. Acreage, with Little Woolford, 2,620. Houses 59. A. P. £1,497. Pop., in 1801, 278; in 1831, 300.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
LEONARD’S GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1850
Wolford (Great), 3½ m. S. Shipston-on-Stour. P. 585
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Little Wolford
THE PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1851
Woolford (Little), a township in Great Woolford parish; 3 miles south of Shipston-on-Stour. In 1833 here was one daily school, supported chiefly by the landed proprietor. Houses 52. A. P. £1,560. Pop., in 1801, 229; in 1831, 280. Poor rates, in 1838, £235 11s.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
LEONARD’S GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1850
Wolford (Little), included in Great Wolford parish
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Shipston on Stour
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Kineton
- Poor Law Union: Shipston on Stour
- Hundred: Kington
- Province: Canterbury
