Middleton Warwickshire Family History Guide

Middleton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1671
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1655

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MIDDLETON, a village and a parish in the district of Tamworth and county of Warwick. The village stands near the boundary with Staffordshire, 1½ mile W of the Faseley canal, 2 W of the river Tame, 2¾ S of Watlingstreet, 3 NW of Kingsbury r. station, and 4½ SSW of Tamworth; has a postal letter-box under Tamworth; and gives the title of Baron to the family of Willoughby.

The parish comprises 3,540 acres. Real property, £5,293. Pop., 484. Houses, 99. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Middleton. Middleton Hall is the seat of John Peel, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £100. Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is of various dates, from Norman downwards; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains several monuments to the Willoughbys, and a very ancient and curious one to Lord Ridgway. There are an endowed school with £46 a year, and charities £29.

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 1848

Middleton, a parish in the Tamworth division of the hund. of Hemlingford, union of Tamworth, county of Warwick; 4 miles south-west by south of Tamworth, and 9½ north-east of Birmingham: the Birmingham and Fazeley canal passes 1½ mile east of the town.

Living, a donative, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; gross income £100. Patron, in 1835, Lord Middleton. Here are 2 day and Sunday schools, endowed with £1,000 three per cent, consols. Other charities, in 1834, £19 15s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £216. Acres 3,541. Houses 107. A. P. £3,800. Pop., in 1801, 544; in 1831, 550.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1848.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Warwickshire, Middleton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Middleton, 1665-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Middleton, 1847-1887
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

Parish chest and poor law record for Middleton, 1790-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Middleton, 1675-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Middleton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Middleton, Warwick, England, christenings, 1761-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Surname index of burials 1813-1837 : for the parish churches St. Nicholas Curdworth, St. John the Baptist Lea Marston, St. John the Baptist Middleton, St. Giles Nether Whitacre, St. Leonard Over Whitacre, St. Cuthbert Shustoke, St. Chad Wishaw in the county of Warwickshire
Author: Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society

England, Warwickshire, Middleton – Land and property ( 1 )
Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History Society bonus disc 2014
Author: Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society; Astley, John, fl. 1810-1845

England, Warwickshire, Middleton – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law record for Middleton, 1790-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Middleton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law record for Middleton, 1790-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton (Warwickshire)

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Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tamworth
  • 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: Tamworth
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury