ARLEY

The village is about six miles from the centre of Nuneaton and the church is six hundred years old. A coal mine shaft was sunk in 1901 and many houses built for the miners. Local names are Ballard's Green, Stoley Hall and Stoley Hill.

DIOCESE: Lichfield (Peculiar) HUNDRED: Knightlow UNION: Nuneaton

ADJOINING PARISHES: Ansley, Nuneaton, Chilvers Coton, Astley, Fillongley, Shustoke, Over Whitacre.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1557-1928 Marriages: 1557-1939 Burials: 1557-1929 Banns 1755-1829, 1926-1956

Bishop's Transcripts : 1660-1846 LIC

IGI: Christenings: 1557-1875, Marriages: 1557-1833. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Christenings: 1557-1641,1663-1767 SoG
CM Burials: 1557-1812 COV MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: BMSGH.m/fiche. WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC . Arley is a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. There is an Index to wills and admons, 1536-1857, consolidated with other Lichfield Peculiars. 1536-1652 printed (BRS 7).

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851 BIR
1851 vVI (RR) SoG
1881 BCP; BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1767-1837
Marriage 1754-1837

OTHER SOURCES: Dugdale papers.
Survey of farms in Arley and Brinklow belonging to Lord Leigh 1767.
The Annals of Arley, H.R. Mayo 1914.


[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]