DIOCESE: Lichfield. A Peculiar of the Manor of Knowle. HUNDRED: Hemlingford UNION: Solihull
ADJOINING PARISHES: Solihull, Barston, Balsall, Baddesley Clinton, Lapworth, Packwood.
Parish Registers: Christenings: 1682-1975 Marriages: 1682-1969 Burials: 1682-1992 Banns 1968-1991.
Bishop's Transcripts : 1813-1838 LIC 1838-1905 (gaps) WAR
IGI: Christenings: 1682-1876, Marriages: 1682-1877. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)
REGISTER COPIES: CMB 1682-1812 WAR
CM Burials: 1682-1912 SoG
NONCONFORMIST: Roman Catholic: see Source Material and
C, M & R Vol.2
Congregational: Z 1893-1932 Burials: 1905-1936
M Christenings: 1876-1933.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Church
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Yard - Parish Church
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PROBATE RECORDS:
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Printed Index Wills and Admons 1675-1790 (BRS 7) MS calendar, post-1790 records;
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CENSUS RETURNS: All
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SOL
1841 51 61 81
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1851 BMSGH
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1851 vI
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1881
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INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1682-1837
Pallot 1790-1812
Poor Law
c1690-1860
MANORIAL RECORDS: Copies of Court Roll 1760, 1782, 1814, 1852.
Survey of Manor of Knowle with members, 1541/2 and 1542.
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1574, 1802-1876
STR 1278-1635
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Deeds relating to copyhold
estate in manors of Knowle, Balsall and Chadwick End, 1760-1882.
Copy of customary etc 1635
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Survey of Crown Lands, 1605 (in Latin) at
PRO but translated by L.Bishop,
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Court Rolls 1757-1943 SOL
DEEDS: Various collections, see also Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton.
OTHER SOURCES: Littlejohn of Knowle and Warwick 1869-1877.
Wilson of Knowle (includes material on the Doley, Palmer, Sheppard
and Greswold families with whom they were connected).
Map of estate at Rotton Row and Bakers Lane 1734.
Inclosure award, plan 1816, award 1820.
Map of the Poplars estate
1881.
Mr T.M. Welsh, 54 Westbourne Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands
B92 8AU has an index to the 1841,1851,1861 and 1871 census, a copy
of Tithe Map and Apportionment, and a thesis, A comparative
analysis of the population, households and occupations in the
village of Knowle, 1841 and 1871. He will consult the material in
return for s.a.e. The thesis is at the City of Birmingham
Polytechnic, Westbourne Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham.
The Records of Knowle, W.B.Bickley, 1894.
Collegiate Church of Knowle (ss John the Baptist, Laurence and Anne), Anthony
Upton, 1966.
The Story of Knowle, F.W.Bryson,
WWM Vol.1 No.4.
The Registers of
The Guild of Knowle 1407-1535
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SOL (See article by J.C.Sharp TMA Vol.4 No.9 May 1977).
History
of Knowle, Eva Wootton, 1972, 1980, SOL
Knowle W.I. Village
History, 1956 (Scrapbook), Eva Wootton SOL
The Records of Knowle
1682-1909, Canon T.W.Downing, 1914 SOL
The Register of the Guild
of Knowle 1407-1535
BIR SOL
Knowle Parish Magazine SOL