ASHOW

The hamlet is just a few miles from Kenilworth but somewhat isolated as it is away from the main road. It was a tiny parish in area, and the river Avon flows past the churchyard. Modern estates have now submerged it.

DIOCESE: Lichfield but transferred to Worcester in 1836. HUNDRED: Knightlow UNION: Warwick.

ADJOINING PARISHES: Kenilworth , Stoneleigh , Cubbington , Lillington , Leek Wootton .

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1733-1978 Marriages: 1733-1978 Burials: 1733-1979 Banns 1780-1812

Bishop's Transcripts : 1663-1832 LIC Begin c1833 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1663-1885, Marriages: 1663-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: 1663-1736 WAR
Assumption of Mary Burials: 1733-1800,1813-1839 SoG

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Assumption of our Lady BMSGH.m/fiche . WAR SoG BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC Probate Inventories 1530-1650 WAR

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

INDEXES See Appendix II
Burial 1733-1837
Marriage 1663-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: 16th century, 1806 STR

OTHER SOURCES:Various plans and surveys (Leigh Estates).
Canon Thorn of Ashow and Stoneleigh, personal papers 1848-1907.
Material for family reconstitution taken from registers and BTs.17th-19th century.
People at Home, Living in a Warwickshire Village 1500-1800, Dr.N.W.Alcock 1993, (relates also to Stoneleigh).

[ Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]