Grendon Warwickshire Family History Guide

Grendon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Other places in the parish include: Whittlington and Whittington.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1674

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRENDON, a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick; on the river Anker, the Coventry canal, and the Trent Valley railway, continuous to Leicestershire, 2½ miles NW by N of Atherstone.

It includes Whittington hamlet; and its post town is Atherstone. Acres, 2,360. Real property, £3,172. Pop., 561. Houses, 115. The property is divided among. a few. Grendon Hall, a fine large edifice, mainly rebuilt in 1825, is the seat of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £525. Patron, Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart. The church consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and transept, with embattled tower; and is good. Charities, £5.

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

Grendon with Whittington, 2 m. N. Atherstone. P. 529.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Warwickshire, Grendon – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Grendon, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Warwickshire, Grendon – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Grendon, 1674-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grendon (Warwickshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Grindon, 1679-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grindon (Staffordshire)

North Warwickshire burial registers
Author: Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society

Parish registers and poor law records for Grendon, 1538-1940
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grendon (Warwickshire); Warwick County Record Office (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Grendon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Gredon, Warws., Eng

England, Warwickshire, Grendon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers and poor law records for Grendon, 1538-1940
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grendon (Warwickshire); Warwick County Record Office (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Grendon – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish registers and poor law records for Grendon, 1538-1940
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grendon (Warwickshire); Warwick County Record Office (Warwickshire)

FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Atherstone
  • 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: Arden
  • Poor Law Union: Atherstone
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury