DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Foleshill
ADJOINING PARISHES: Exhall (Near Coventry), Bulkington, Shilton, Ansty (Anstey), Comberfields, Wyken, Foleshill.
Parish Registers: Christenings: 1538-1987 Marriages: 1538-1993 Burials: 1538-1929 Banns 1677-1837
Bishop's Transcripts : 1665-1837 (gaps) LIC Begin c1833 WOR
IGI: Christenings: 1749-1885, Marriages: 1748-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)
REGISTER COPIES: Christenings: 1558-1876 Marriages: 1558-1749, 1754-1876 Burials: 1558-1797, 1813-1877
SoG
Christenings: 1538-1961 Marriages: 1538-1907
Burials: 1538-1797 & 1813-1881 Banns 1756-1816
COV
NONCONFORMIST: Alderman's Green Primitive Methodist Z 1947-1952
Marriages: 1930-1949 see also Coventry Paradise Primitive Methodist Circuit
COV
Alderman's Green Wesleyan Methodist
Z 1920-1966 Marriages: 1930-1965
COV
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: St. Mary BMSGH.m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR
PROBATE RECORDS: LIC
CENSUS RETURNS: All
WAR ,
COV (Street Index 1841 51)
1851 &
1881 Sowe
BIR
1881
BCP ,
BMSGH(PS)
INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1754-1791 &1800-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860
MANORIAL RECORDS: 1392-1396, 1663-1671, 1685-1828
STR
1610. Account of the Manor of Sowe in Coventry,
Co.Warwick ... with transcripts and extracts of documents relating to the descent of the Manor,
14th century to 1755.
BIR
Manor of Sowe, Court papers 1655-1781.
OTHER SOURCES: Steane family, correspondence, bills, receipts
etc., 1801-1900.
Sophia Tuckey, Postmistress, WoS,
TMA Vol.7 No.10 Dec 1985 Numerous names relevant to
WoS and surrounding areas
See also Gregory of Stivichall collection at
STR