Grendon Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Grendon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Other places in the parish include: Whittlington and Whittington.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1674

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Grendon Parish Registers

Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Grendon Warwickshire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1535-1812

Grendon Warwickshire Church of England Baptisms 1813-1910

Marriages and Banns

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Grendon Warwickshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1910

Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Grendon Warwickshire Church of England Burials 1813-1910

Parish Records

Grendon Warwickshire Miscellaneous Church of England Parish Records

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRENDON, a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick; on the river Anker, the Coventry canal, and the Trent Valley railway, continuous to Leicestershire, 2½ miles NW by N of Atherstone. It includes Whittington hamlet; and its post town is Atherstone. Acres, 2,360. Real property, £3,172. Pop., 561. Houses, 115. The property is divided among. a few. Grendon Hall, a fine large edifice, mainly rebuilt in 1825, is the seat of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £525. Patron, Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart. The church consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and transept, with embattled tower; and is good. Charities, £5.

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

Maps

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Atherstone
  • 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: Arden
  • Poor Law Union: Atherstone
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury