Cherington Warwickshire Family History Guide

Cherington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Alternative names: Cherrington

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

CHERINGTON, a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; on the river Stour, 3½ miles SE of Shipston-on-Stour, and 6 E by N of Moreton r. station. It has a post-office under Shipston-on-Stour. Acres, 890. Real property, £1,965. Pop., 311. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to Ralph de Wylington; and passed, in the time of Edward III., to the Lucys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £259. Patron, D. Turner, Esq. The church is very good; and has a tower.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

CHERRINGTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4 miles (S. E.) from Shipston; containing 340 inhabitants.

In the 52nd of Henry III., Ralph de Wylington held the manor by the service of a knight’s fee, of the Earl of Warwick, as of the manor of Brailes. It was the property of Sir William Lucy early in the reign of Edward III.; from which time it continued to his descendants.

The area of the parish is 808a. 1r. 22p. A tributary of the Stour runs through from east to west. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11. 10. 7½. net income, £259; patron, Daniel Turner, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and money payments in 1805.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Warwickshire, Cherington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Records of Cherington
Author: Bloom, J. Harvey (James Harvey), b.1860

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

England, Warwickshire, Cherington – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cherington, 1608-1700
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cherington (Warwickshire)

Marriage index of Cherrington, Warwickshire, England, parish registers
Author: Mytton, J. D. (John D.)

Parish register transcripts, 1546-1741
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cherington (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Cherington, 1538-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cherington (Warwickshire)

Records of Cherington
Author: Bloom, J. Harvey (James Harvey), b.1860

England, Warwickshire, Cherington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Cherington, Warwick, England, christenings, 1750-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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