Stockton Warwickshire Family History Guide
Stockton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1567
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1670
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STOCKTON, a parish, with a village, in Southam district, Warwick; 4 miles NE of Southam-Road r. station. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £2,970; of which £150 are in quarries. Pop., 548. Houses, 114. S. House is the seat of R. F. Welchman, Esq. Blue lias lime is largely manufactured.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £278. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church, excepting the chancel and the tower, was rebuilt in 1863.
There are two national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STOCKTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Southam, Southam division of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county of Warwick, 2¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Southam; containing 452 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Southam to Dunchurch, and comprises 1363a. 12p., of which about 1315 acres are cultivated, and chiefly arable; the surface is in general flat, and the soil rests upon blue lias. The Warwick and Napton canal intersects the parish at its northern boundary.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 7. 1.; net income, £283; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1791, and there is a glebe-house. The church is partly in the decorated English style, with a tower; the nave is of much more modern date than either the tower or chancel.
Here are two parochial schools, one for boys and one for girls. Fossils are frequently found in the neighbourhood.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Allegations
The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
PILKINGTON, Charles, of Stockton, co. Warwick, 21, b., & Maria Guernier, of Bishopstoke, 21, sp., at B., 23 Aug., 1836. Aff.
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| William Leeds, p. Stockton, & Ann Smith 27 Dec. 1711 | Fenny Compton |
| Nathaniel Frissel, p. Stockton, & Mary Goode P. B. 4 Aug. 1806 | 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: Marton
- Poor Law Union: Southam
- Hundred: Knightlow
- Province: Canterbury