LEA MARSTON

Hams Hall power station is the dominant feature now of Lea Marston, whose church is very near to the gigantic cooling towers. The village is about four miles north of Coleshill. The Hall, from which the power station takes its name, was demolished and rebuilt in Cirencester.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Hemlingford. UNION: Meriden

ADJOINING PARISHES: Middleton, Kingsbury, Nether Whitacre, Curdworth.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1570-1989 Marriages: 1573-1976 Burials: 1570-1952 Banns 1755-1812

Bishop's Transcripts : 1673-1843 LIC

IGI: Christenings: 1570-1875, Marriages: 1570-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: M Burials: 1662-1674 SoG , WAR
Christenings: 1570-1894, Marriages: 1570-1936 Burials: 1570-1952

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS; St.John the Baptist BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851 71 81 BIR
1851 v1 (RR)
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1754-1837

MANORIAL RECORDS: 1437-1473 STR

OTHER SOURCES: Memories of Hams Hall and surrounding parkland (Curdworth and Minworth Parish News, Vol.1 No.4 April 1963).
See also Gregory of Stivichall collection at STR

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]