Brinklow, Warwickshire Family History Guide
Brinklow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Parish church: St John the Baptist
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1673
Nonconformists include: Independents and Primitive Methodists.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRINKLOW, a village and a parish in Rugby district, Warwick. The village stands on the Fossé way and the Oxford canal, 1½ mile SW of Stretton r. station, and 5½ NW of Rugby. It has a post office under Coventry; is a seat of petty sessions; and was formerly a market-town.
The parish comprises 1,410 acres. Real property, £3,512. Pop., 736. Houses, 179. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Mowbrays, and had a castle of theirs; but passed to the Stutevilles and the Segraves. Traces of a Roman camp exist; and some Roman relics have been found.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £228. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is variously early and decorated English; was restored in 1862; and comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower.
There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists. A school has £17 from endowment; and other charities have £31. The family of Rous, the antiquary, were residents.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Brinklow, 6½m. E. Coventry. P. 797.
Source Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BRINKLOW (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the Kirby division of the hundred of Knightlow, N. division of the county of Warwick, 6½ miles (E.) from Coventry, on the road to Market-Harborough; containing 793 inhabitants.
This place derives its name from a large tumulus, on which stood the keep or watch-tower of a very ancient castle of uncertain erection, of which there are no remains. In the reign of John, Nicholas de Stuteville, lord of the manor, received the grant of a market to be held on Monday, and a fair on the festival of St. Margaret.
The parish comprises 1393a. 3r. 22p.: about 150 acres are wood, and of the remainder, one-third is arable, and two-thirds pasture; the surface is level, and the soil a good strong loam. The labourers who work at Combe Field reside here, and the number of cottages is therefore considerable. The Oxford canal passes within a quarter of a mile of the parish; and the Roman fosse-way, on the line of which are some traces of an encampment, bounds it on the east.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £17. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £228. The church is built in the style which prevailed in the reign of Henry VII.
There is a place of worship for Independents. The interest on £60 given by the Rev. W. Fairfax, in 1761, is applied to instruction; as is also the interest of £800 left in 1789 by William Edwards, after deducting £13. 19. for bread distributed to the poor.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Thomas Gibbs, p. Brinklow, & Mary Wolf, p. Bourton 25 Oct. 1665 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Edward Sale, p. Brinklow, & Hannah Land, p. Bromsgrove 22 Apr. 1669 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Richard Ryly, p. Brinklow, & Ann Bradly, p. B 6 July 1695 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Directories
Brinklow Bennett’s Business Directory for Warwickshire, 1914
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
White Thomas, Brinklow, Warwickshire, innholder, April 17, 1821.
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Rugby
- Probate Court: Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Coventry
- Poor Law Union: Rugby
- Hundred: Knightlow
- Province: Canterbury