Wroxhall, Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Wroxhall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Parish church: St Leonard

Parish registers begin: 1586

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Adjacent Parishes

Wroxhall 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.

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

Wroxhall, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

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

Marriage and Banns Records

Wroxhall Warwickshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1910

Wroxhall, Worcestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Death and Burial Records

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WROXHALL, a parish in the district and county of Warwick; 2½ miles ESE of Kingswood r. station, and 6 NW of Warwick. Post town, Warwick. Acres, 1,735. Real property, £3,049. Pop., 144. Houses, 35. The manor, with W. abbey, belonged to the Bourgoynes, passed to the Wrens, and belongs now to J. Dugdale, Esq. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here in the time of Stephen by Hugh de Hatton, and was given, at the dissolution, to the Bourgoynes. The living is a donative in the diocese of Worcester. Value, not reported. Patron, J. Dugdale, Esq. The church is part of the old nunnery structure. Charities, £129.

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

Maps

British National Grid Ref: SP 22190 70743
BNG Eastings, Northings: 422190, 270743
Latitude, Longitude: 52.334324, -1.675763

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

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