Chesterton Warwickshire Family History Guide
Chesterton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Alternative names: Chesterton and Kingston, Chesterton and Kington Otherwise Little Chesterton, Little Chesterton
Other places in the parish include: Great Chesterton, Kingston, Little Chesterton, and Chesterton Parva.
Status: Ancient Parish succeeded by Chesterton Ecclesiastical Parish
Parish church: St Giles
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662
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Parish History
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHESTERTON, a parish in Southam district, Warwick; on the Fosse way, and on an affluent of the river Avon, 1 ¾ mile SW of Harbury r. station, and 4 ½ SW by S of Southam.
It includes Kingston hamlet; and its post-town is Harbury, under Rugby. Acres, 3,510. Real property, £4,189. Pop., 217. Houses, 42. The manor belonged, from the time of Edward II. till that of Henry VIII., to the family of Peyto; and belongs now to Lord Willoughby de Broke. The manor-house was built in the time of Edward IV.; enlarged, in 1630, after designs by Inigo Jones; and demolished in 1802.
A large windmill, of circular form, on six arches, designed by Inigo Jones, surmounts an eminence near the church. A Roman camp, supposed by some to have been the Roman station Mediolanum, is within the parish on the Fosse way; and has yielded Roman coins. Chesterton wood is a meet for the Warwick hounds.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £82. Patron, Lord Willoughby de Broke. The church is ancient; and contains three fine monuments of the Peyto family. Lord Cobham, the famous Wickliffite, found shelter with the incumbent in Henry V.’s time; and Cardinal Peyto, the Pope’s legate in the reign of Mary, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Joseph Olorenshaw, p. Chesterton, Warw., &. Elizabeth Olorenshaw, p. B., lic. 8 Feb. 1768 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Jennings, p. Chesterton, & Elizabeth Atkins 17 Oct. 1805 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
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Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Southam
- 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: Stonleigh
- Poor Law Union: Southam
- Hundred: Kington
- Province: Canterbury