ANSTY (ANSTEY)

The village lies five miles north east of the centre of Coventry, close to the village of Shilton on the A46 trunk road. St James, Ansty dates from the fifteenth century. The hamlet of Woollcombe lies within the parish.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Hemlingford. UNION: Foleshill

ADJOINING PARISHES: Shilton, Withybrook with Monks Kirby, Comberfields, Sowe.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1589-1954 Marriages: 1589-1983 Burials: 1589-1979 Banns 1754-1930

Bishop's Transcripts : 1662-1862 LIC Begin c1833 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1662-1875, Marriages: 1662-1862. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Marriages: 1591-1812 PHIL I BIR WAR
Marriages: 1651-1675 BOYD MISC Christenings: 1589-1880 Marriages: 1589-1837 Burials: 1589-1930 SoG
Christenings: 1589-1958 Marriages: 1589-1837 Burials: 1589-1813 Banns 1754-1930 COV

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: 1841-1871 COV (all have street indexes except 1861).
An early census (1821) at WAR
1851 81 BIR
1851 v1 (RR) SoG
1881 BCP; BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES See Appendix II
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1591-1837
Pallot 1790-1812
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: Rental, 1490 BIR

OTHER SOURCES: Woollcombe Adams of Ansty.
Parish magazine, Ansty and Shilton 1895-1920 (incomplete).
Ansty and Shilton, a Memoir, Rev D.C.O. Adams.


[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]