HILLMORTON

The village was three miles south east of Rugby but is now virtually a suburb of that town. The church of St.John the Baptist, built in the thirteenth century, contains memorials to the Astley family.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Rugby

ADJOINING PARISHES: Rugby, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, the Northamptonshire parishes of Yelvertoft, Crick, Kilsby and Barby, Bilton.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1564-1959 Marriages: 1564-1940 Burials: 1564-1957 Banns 1754-1812 1823-1960

Bishop's Transcripts : 1662-1873 LIC Begin c1833 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1564-1876, Marriages: 1564-1876. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: CMB 1813-1873 SoG

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: St.John the Baptist Watts Lane Cemetery BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1801 Householders named with household numbers WAR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1754-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860
Pre-1841 census

DEEDS: Bundle of Deeds 1742-1922.

OTHER SOURCES: Account of the Parish of Hillmorton, M.H. Bloxam, 1872.
W.I. Scrapbook 1965.


[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]