Witherley Leicestershire Family History Guide
Witherley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Leicestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Atterton.
Alternative names: Witherley
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1564
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1570
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WITHERLEY, a parish, with W. village and Atterton hamlet, in the district of Atherstone and county of Leicester; 1 mile E of Atherstone r. station. Post town, Atherstone. Acres, 1,570. Real property, £4,020. Pop., 528. Houses, 128. W. house is the seat of Mrs. Thompson. The stables and kennels of the Atherstone hunt adjoin the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. Patron, the Rev. J. Roberts. The church is old, and has a very fine spire.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WITHERLEY (St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of Leicester, 1½ mile (E. by S.) from Atherstone; containing, with the hamlet of Atterton, 509 inhabitants, of whom 425 are in Witherley township.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 2. 3½.; net income, £500; patron and incumbent, the Rev. J. C. Roberts. The church has one of the finest spires in the county, 156 feet high.
The old Watling-street, which here separates Leicestershire from Warwickshire, crosses the river Anker at Witherley bridge.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Leicestershire
- Civil Registration District: Atherstone
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester
- Diocese: Peterborough
- Rural Deanery: Sparkenhoe
- Poor Law Union: Atherstone
- Hundred: Sparkenhoe
- Province: Canterbury