Walton D’Eivile Warwickshire Family History Guide

Walton D’Eivile is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire. 

Alternative names: Walton, Walton D’Eville and Walton Maudit

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1843
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALTON, a hamlet in Wellesbourne-Hastings parish, Warwick; 3¼ miles WNW of Kineton.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WALTON-DEIVILE (St. James), an ecclesiastical parish, in the parish of Wellesbourn-Hastings, Warwick division of the hundred of Kington, union of Stratford-on-Avon, S. division of the county of Warwick, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Stratford-on-Avon; containing about 200 inhabitants.

The manor, in the reign of Henry III., was the property of Walter d’Avill, one of the justices of assize for the county; it afterwards passed to the family of Strange, from whom it descended by marriage with a female heir, in the reign of Henry VIII., to Robert Mordaunt, ancestor of the present lord. The place forms a beautiful valley, well wooded. Walton Hall, the seat of Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., occupies a low situation, but is surrounded by a diversified tract of country.

The living of Walton was separated from that of Wellesbourn-Hastings in 1843. It is now a distinct perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Sir John Mordaunt, who has endowed it with £115 per annum, and the use of a house for the minister, in the park.

The church stands near the mansion, and is remarkable for the modesty and simplicity of its architecture, which is Grecian; it was enlarged, and the windows filled with stained glass, in 1843: the font belonged to an ancient Norman church which stood on the same site. The tithe, commuted for £217; and the glebe, comprising 45 acres; belong to the incumbent of Wellesbourn-Hastings: the rectory is valued in the king’s books at £4. 13. 4.

A school is supported by the Mordaunt family. Skeletons are frequently dug up, showing that this was formerly a more considerable place.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Warwickshire, Walton – Church records ( 1 )
Church records, 1849-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of D’Eiville; Warwickshire (England). County Record Office

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stratford on Avon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Kineton
  • Poor Law Union: Stratford on Avon
  • Hundred: Kington
  • Province: Canterbury