Ansley Warwickshire Family History Guide
Ansley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Parish church: St Laurence
Parish registers begin: 1637
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, and Primitive Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ANSLEY, a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick; on the river Bourne, 5 miles W of Nuneaton r. station. It has a post office under Atherstone. Acres, 2,869. Real property, £5,023. Pop., 685. Houses, 160. The property is not much divided.
Ansley Hall belonged ouce to the Ludfords, and belongs now to the Astleyys; and it stands in an extensive park, which abounds with both natural and artificial beanties, and contains a hermitage and a Chinese temple. The hermitage was formed out of an ancient oratory, and was the place where Wharton wrote his lines, “Beneath this stony roof reclined,” and the Chinese temple was constructed by Sir W. Chambers, and contains a monument of the Purefoy family, brought from Caldecote church.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £116. Patron, the Rev. Theoph. Sharp. The church is partly Norman, has a fine square tower, and is in good condition. There is an Independent chapel. Charities, £47.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Ansley, a parish in the Atherstone division of the hund. of Hemlingford, union of Atherstone, county of Warwick; 5 miles west by north from Nuneaton, on the head-source of the Bourne.
Living, a discharged vicarage, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; rated at £6 6s. 8d.; in the parliamentary returns at £127 18s.; gross income, in 1832, £134. Patron, in 1835, the Crown.
Here is a free school, with a small endowment, now connected with the National society, at which about 50 children are educated. There are an Independent chapel and school here. The yearly income of charities connected with this parish is £47 14s. 8d. There are some vestiges of Ansley castle. The church exhibits some portions in the early Norman style, and has at the west end a square tower of considerable beauty. Pop., in 1801, 544; in 1831, 773. Houses 160. Acres 3,580. A. P. £3,275. Poor rates, in 1837, £317.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Ansley, 5 miles W. Nuneaton. P.701
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
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Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire 1854
Chetwode Sir John Newdigate Ludford bart Ansley hall
Gilbert Mrs Mary
Mottram Mr Richard
Woodward Rev Herbert BA
TRADERS
Abbots Joseph farmer
Artbrell William farmer
Barnes John blacksmith
Beecroft Thomas Harvey ‘Boot’
Booton Francis farmer
Deeming Richard shoemaker
Doughty John farmer
Evans John farmer & batcher
Hands William coal dealer
Hardy Thomas shoemaker
Jeffcote John shopkeeper
Jenkinson John William farmer Brook house farm
Jordan John farmer
Marnder John bricklayer
Morris Charles blacksmith
Mottram John farmer
Mottram Joseph farmer
Mottram Samuel carpenter
Orton Henry wheelwright
Orton James farmer
Orton James tailor
Oldham Joseph shoemaker
Palmer George farmer
Palmer John farmer
Parkes Charles shopkeeper
Proudman Thomas shoemaker
Rowbottom tailor
Sparkes Charles farmer & shopkeeper
Spencer Keeling beer retailer
Toon Benjamin cooper
Topp Thomas maltster
Topp William farmer & beer retailer
Torbitt Dennis farmer
Watson Charles maltster
Watson Joseph farmer
Watson Thomas farmer
Weetman Joseph ‘Rose’
Wheatley Joseph farmer & miller
Wilson William blacksmith
Woodfield Samuel tailor
Letters received through Atherstone
National School William Doughty, master; Miss Selina Doughty, mistress
CARRIER Morgan to Atherstone tues; to Coventry fri
Source: Post office directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, and part of Staffordshire (of Birmingham, with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire) [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1854
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Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Atherstone
- Probate Court: Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory), Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Arden
- Poor Law Union: Atherstone
- Hundred: Hemlingford
- Province: Canterbury