Kenilworth Warwickshire Family History Guide
Kenilworth is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Warwickshire.
Other places in the parish include: Redfern.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Nicholas
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1630
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1676
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Society of Friends/Quaker, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KENILWORTH, a small town, a parish, a sub-district, and a division in Warwick. The town stands on a small trout stream, and on the Leamington and Coventry railway, near the river Avon, 5 miles N by E of Warwick, and 5½ SSW of Coventry.
Its name is supposed to have been taken from the Mercian king Kenulf, or from his son Kenelm, and the word “worthe,” signifying “a dwelling place;” but in many old documents, particularly of the time of Elizabeth, it is improperly written Killingworth; and it is still so called by the common people. A royal castle stood adjacent in the Saxon times, and was destroyed in the wars of Canute.
The place, till after the Norman conquest, formed part of the manor of Stoneleigh; but it was given, by Henry I., to Geoffrey de Clinton; and it then, about 1122, acquired an Augustinian priory and a new castle.
The town thence rose to importance; it acquired a weekly market, which has long been discontinued; it afterwards engaged largely in comb making, which also has fallen into decay; it likewise acquired chemical works, for a variety of products; but it now presents every appearance of a rural village: and it attracts the notice of strangers chiefly, but attracts that notice strongly, by the vestiges of its ancient priory, and by the ruins and reminiscences of its castle.
It is scattered and almost straggling; but it has an aspect of neatness, comfort, and picturesqueness; and, together with its environs, it answers well to the description of it by Jago: “Chiefly two fair streets, in adverse rows, Their lengthened fronts extend, reflecting each Beauty on each reciprocal. Between A verdant valley sloped from either side, Forms the mid-space, where gently gliding flows A crystal stream beneath the mouldering base of an old abbey’s venerable walls. Still further in the vale her castle lifts Its stately towers and tottering battlements, Dressed with the rampart ivy’s unchecked growth, Luxuriant.”
The town has a head post office, a railway station, a banking office, two chief inns, a cattle fair on the last day of April, two churches, four dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, a literary institute, an endowed free school, an endowed British school, two national schools, an infant school, and alms-houses. The total amount of endowed charities is about £640.
The parochial church is variously Norman, early English, and decorated; has a very fine western Norman door, and a picturesque tower and spire; measures 74 feet by 28 in the nave, and 39 by 33 in the chancel; was restored and enlarged, with new chancel arch, new E window, and added chancel aisle and S transept, in 1865, at a cost of between £3,000 and £4,000; and contains an ancient circular font on a single Norman column, and some ancient interesting monuments.
St. John’s church was built in 1852, at a cost of £3,000; is a neat edifice with a spire; and serves for a chapelry constituted in 1854.
The dissenting chapels are for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Unitarians. Pop. of the town in 1851, 3,140; in 1861, 3,013. Houses, 660.
The priory eventually became an abbey. It was originally endowed with all Geoffrey de Clinton’s lands and woods in Kenilworth parish, excepting the site of the castle and its park, and with other privileges; it possessed, at the dissolution, an annual revenue of £534; it was then given to Sir Andrew Flamock; it went, by sale, to the Earl of Leicester; and it belongs now to the Earl of Clarendon.
It was in the Anglo-Norman style, of large extent and of imposing aspect; but, with trivial exceptions, it has all disappeared. A gateway of it exists in good preservation, and is very picturesque; another fragment, of similar character, is not far from the gateway; and several large and shapeless remnants of walls are at some distance. A portion of the site was included in a modern enlargement of the parochial churchyard; and was found, at the time of that enlargement, to contain foundations of what were supposed to be the chapter-house, and some fine ornamental fragments of different styles and periods.
The castle remained with three descendants of Geoffrey de Clinton, and then reverted to the Crown. It was given, by Henry III., to Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; it became, on the Earl’s rebellion, and after the battle of Evesham, the centre of the rebel party’s operations; and, in 1266, it stood a siege of six months by the King, and then surrendered. It was bestowed, by Henry, on his son Edmund, whom he created Earl of Leicester and Lancaster; and, in 1278, while in Edmund’s possession, it was the scene of a splendid tournament, challenged by Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and attended by one hundred knights.
It continued to be held by Edmund’s son Thomas, who was beheaded for rebelling against Edward II.; and it afterwards was the place of that monarch’s imprisonment, and of his abdication. It was restored, by Edward III., to Henry, the brother of Thomas; it passed, by marriage with that nobleman’s grand daughter, to John of Gaunt, son of Edward III. and Duke of Lancaster; and, while in his possession, it was renovated and greatly enlarged.
It reverted to the Crown when John of Gaunt’s son, Henry of Bolingbroke, supplanted Richard II.; it continued given, by Elizabeth, to her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; it was improved and extended, by that nobleman, at a cost of £60,000, a sum equivalent to about half a million of our present money; it was visited by Elizabeth in 1566, 1568 and 1575; and, in the last of these years, it was the scene of the seventeen days’ magnificent entertainment, which is so graphically described by Sir Walter Scott in his novel of “Kenilworth.”
It was bequeathed by Dudley for life time to his brother Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, and thereafter to his son, Sir Robert Dudley; but it was seized from the latter by the Crown. It continued to stand in all its magnificence at the commencement of the civil war; but, being given by Cromwell to some of his officers, it was then in great measure demolished for sake of its materials; and it afterwards, for many years, was left exposed to the depredations of all persons who chose to use it as a quarry.
It was given by Charles II., on his restoration, to Lawrence Hyde, afterwards Earl of Rochester; it passed, by marriage, first to the Earl of Essex, and then to Thomas Villiers, afterwards Earl of Clarendon; and it has since remained with that Earl’s descendants.
The castle was in its best condition at the time of the great entertainment to Elizabeth. Sir Walter Scott’s account of it appears to have been drawn from jointly a description by Laneham, a survey of the time of James I., and an examination of the extant remains; and may here be quoted:- “The outer wall of this splendid and gigantic structure enclosed seven acres, a part of which was occupied by extensive stables, and by a pleasure garden with its trim arbours and parterres, and the rest formed the large base court or outer yard of the noble castle.
The lordly structure itself, which rose near the centre of this spacious enclosure, was composed of a huge pile of magnificent castellated buildings, apparently of different ages, surrounding an inner court, and bearing in the names attached to each portion of the magnificent mass, and in the armorial bearings which were there blazoned, the emblems of mighty chiefs who had long passed away, and whose history, could ambition have bent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favourite who had now acquired and was augmenting this fair domain….
The external wall of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake, partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the castle by a path hitherto untrodden instead of the usual entrance to the northward, over which he had erected a gate house or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent, and superior in architecture, to the baronial castle of many a northern chief.
Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of red deer, fallow deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from amongst which the extended front and massive towers of the castle were seen to rise in majesty and beauty.” The remains of the castle are on a gentle eminence to the W of the town. The entrance tower, or gallery tower, where the gigantic porter was stationed at the approach of Elizabeth, has nearly disappeared.
The great gate house still stands; is occupied by a farmer; and contains a curiously carved chimney piece, with the arms of Dudley. Cæsar’s Tower occupies the N part of the main front of the castle, facing the base court; was of square form, but has lost all its N side; was a keep of enormous strength, with walls, in some parts, 16 feet thick; and is of thoroughly Norman character, and evidently the oldest part of the castle. Leicester’s Buildings occupy the S part of the same front; are inscribed with the date 1571; were less strongly built than other parts of the castle; and have a more weathered aspect than the earlier towers.
Two structures called Sir Robert Dudley’s Lobby and King Henry VIII.’s Lodgings, and an arched entrance into the inner court, were between Cæsar’s Tower and Leicester’s Buildings, but have been entirely destroyed.
The Great Hall occupies most of the upper end of the inner court; was, with several adjoining parts, built by John of Gaunt; measured 90 feet in length and 45 feet in breadth; and retains windows, fire places, and other portions of such exquisite design as show it to have possessed very great magnificence.
The strong Tower, or Mervyn’s Tower, stands NW of the Great Hall; was originally a very strong structure of three stories; possesses interest from the associations connected with it by Sir Walter Scott; and answers exactly to his descriptions of it in “Kenilworth.”
The other extant portions of the castle, though of considerable aggregate extent, have not much individual or separate interest. The surrounding grounds also have lost nearly all their antiquarian features. But various points of the ruins and of the grounds command fine views, along the valley of the Avon, to Coventry and to Leamington.
The parish includes a place called Redfern, and comprises 6,460 acres. Real property, £17,784; of which £96 are in gas works, £100 in fisheries, and £10 in quarries. Pop., 3,680. Houses, 827. Pop., of the portion within St. John’s chapelry, 1,027. Houses, 232. The manor belongs to the Earl of Clarendon.
The parochial living is a vicarage, that of St. John also is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value of the former, £280; of the latter, £50. Patron of the former, the Lord Chancellor; of the latter, Trustees.
The sub-district contains also seven other parishes, and is in the district of Warwick. Acres, 23,698. Pop., 6,195. Houses, 1,389.
The division is part of Knightlow hundred, and contains fifteen parishes, and part of another. Acres, 37,788. Pop. in 1851, 26,509. Houses, 5,107.
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 |
|---|---|
| Thomas Bullock, p. Kenilworth, & A. H. B. Noble, p. B., lic. 4 Dec. 1790 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Greves Henry, Leamington, late Kenilworth, timber merchant, Nov. 26, 1841.
Jeffcoat Wm., Kenilworth, Warwickshire, corn factor & maltster. May 16, 1826.
Marston Thomas Spell, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, carpenter, April 18, 1837.
Stockley Geo.; & Thomas Wakelin, Kenilworth, comb manufs., Jan. 28, 1834.
Directories
Kenilworth Bennett’s Business Directory for Warwickshire, 1914
Kelly’s Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire 1854
KENILWORTH a market town, railway station, and parish in the Knightlow Hundred, pleasantly situate between Coventry and Warwick, 5 miles north from Warwick, the same distance from Coventry, and 99 north west by north from London. It is contiguous to the finely wooded manor of Stoneleigh, to which (Sir William Dugdale says) it was, previous to the Norman accession, a member, being an ancient demesne the Crown, and had within the precinct thereof a castle, situate upon the Avon, in the woods opposite to Stoneleigh Abbey.
Although a market town, and having several respectable manufactures, principally in the article of combs and in tanning, it has every appearance of a rural village. The castle, even now magnificent in ruins, is not without reason the principal attraction in this neighbourhood.
Near these ruins stands the church, an ancient Gothic structure, the principal entrance to which is through a very fine Saxon English arch in excellent preservation. The church has a spire springing from a separate tower at the west end, near the centre of the main street; the houses are built on the edge of aa pleasing eminence, which circles and encloses some fine meadows, interspersed with wood and watered by a small winding stream. On the descent into the vale is seen the ruined Gothic gateway of its ancient monastery, and a little beyond the ruins of its venerable castle, a portion which is still in good preservation, and is occupied by Mr John Bodington a respectable farmer.
A branch of the London and North Western railway is now opened from Coventry to Leamington, the Kenilworth station being close to the town, and within a short distance of the King’s Arms hotel. A fair for cattle is held on the last day of April.
The church of St Nicholas is a venerable structure, exhibiting portions in the Norman and in the early and decorated styles of English architecture, with a square embattled tower, strengthened with angular buttresses and surmounted lofty spire.
A new church has lately been built by subscription at a cost of £3,000; it is dediacated to St John the Baptist; it is a very neat building of stone, has a spire and one bell, and was opened in 1852.
There are places of Worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Catholics, and Presbyterians, several schools and two reading societies. Acreage 6,460; population in 1851 3,532.
GENTRY
Amherst Mrs Fieldgate house
Barton Mrs. Ladies hill
Bird Miss Abbey hill
Bill John esg Abbey hill
Bodington William esq Rosemary hill
Bursell Mrs M Castle end
Bury Mrs S New street
Butler William Henry esq Stone house
Button Rev John Independent minister Castle end
Carter Thomas esq High street
Cave Lady Bridge street
Chapman Thomas esq Castle end
Clark William esq Castle end
Cormouls Peter esq Rosemary hill
Cotton Thomas esq Parkfield house
Diamond Mrs Tressilliam villa Clarendon street
Dodd Thomas esq Castle end
Draper Charles esq Clinton house
Draper Edward esq
Draper Mrs Castle end
Gibbon Mrs H Castle end
Grundy Mrs & the Misses, Ladies hill
Gwillym Miss Abbey hill
Hale Mrs Millbrook cottage
Harris Edward esq Castle end
Hennell Thomas esq Fieldgate lodge
Herbert Mrs Elizabeth Castle end
Hodges Mr Richard High street
Hodgetts the Misses New street
Hodgson Mrs Ladies hill
Holland George esq Thickthorn house
Holmes Miss Clarendon street
Huish Miss Abbey hill
Jenders Mr Job High street
Jones Rev Alfred BA curate Castle end
Kite Rev Frederick Robert BA [assistant minister] Abbey hill
Lees Rev John MA Fieldgate
Littleton Miss High street
Littleton Joseph esq High street
Lloyd Miss Abbey hill
Mayor Mrs New street
Newby Miss M. Castle end
Parrott Mrs Fairfield cottage
Platel Mrs Robsart villa Clarendon st
Poole William esq Rosemary hill
Pope Mrs M Castle end
Radband Richard esq Castle end
Riley Misses New street
Robinson Mr Joseph Castle end
Roy Rev Edmund NA New street
Russell Frederick esq Hog lane
Russell Miss High street
Silence Mrs Abbey hill
Smith Peter esq Grove cottage
Snewin William esq Kenilworth lodge
Sturley Mr Mark, Ladies hill
Syers John Aspinal esq Clarendon st
Twisleton Rev Charles MA Woodlands
Wheeler Charles John esq Spring house
Wheeler Mrs & Miss High street
Wilmot Rev Edward Revel Eardley, M.A. High street
TRADERS
Adams Richard Charles academy Castle end
Anstey Thomas farmer Chase farm
Arnold David combmaker High street
Ayton George surgeon Castle end
Baddeley Dorothy Mrs ladies school Castle end
Baker Jobn ribbon manufacturer Albion row
Barran Richard shopkeeper Castle end
Bartlett Wm shopkeeper Castle end
Bassham John Valentine saddler Castle end
Bateman William butcher New street
Beesley William hairdresser New street
Bellamy William shopkeeper Albion row
Betty Anne Miss shopkeeper Castle end
Betty Joseph jun butcher High street
Betty Joseph farmer & maltster Whitemore
Bevin Mary Mrs milliner High street
Bishop Edward bootmaker New street
Bishop Joseph combmaker New street
Blair Ann Mrs seminary Abbey hill
Bliss Charles linen draper & agent to Bank
Blundell George farmer Chase
Boddington Edward, ‘Engine,’ Mill end
Boddington John grocer Castle green
Boddington Samuel tallow chandler & farmer High street
Bodington John farmer the Castle
Bodington Robert farmer Chase farm
Bodington William surgeon Montague house
Bottrill Christopher, ‘Green Man,’ Castle end
Brookes William watchmaker Rosemary hill
Brooks John tailor Castle end
Brown John bootmaker Castle end
Brown John bootmaker Windmill hill
Brown John bricklayer Town Pool
Brown Thomas beer retailer New street
Brown William bricklayer Birmingham road
Bryan Elizabeth Mrs farmer Crewe farm
Burbery Ellen Mrs farmer Castle end
Burbery Samuel tanner Town Pool
Bursell Henry King’s Arms hotel posting house & commercial inn Castle end
Butler Charles combmaker Castle green
Butler William Henry farmer Crewe farm
Campbell William farmer Wenbody farm
Cattell Elizabeth Miss ladies school Castle end
Church George grocer High street
Clarke John surgeon Castle end
Clarke Joseph bootmaker Castle green
Clarke Mary Mrs wheelwright Abbey hill
Clarke William bootmaker Castle end
Clements Richard shopkeeper & carrier New street
Colder George chimney sweeper Town Pool
Cooke John bootmaker Castle end
Cotton Charles beer retailer Albion row
Dickenson Thomas tailor Rosemary hill
Dormer James farmer Dial house farm
Dormer John bootmaker & ‘Boot,’ Castle end
Dormer Joseph farmer Dale house farm
Draper Robert & Henry tanners Castle end
Draper Charles surgeon High street
Draper Edward solicitor & superintendent registrar of Warwick union & clerk to the trustees of Coventry Warwick & Leamington turnpike roads
Draper John cooper Castle end
Drury Elizabeth Mrs shopkeeper Albion row
Drury James shopkeeper Castle green
Dunn John farmer Chase farm
Elkington William & Sarah grocers High street
Emery Thomas linen draper High street
Endell William circulating library New street
Evans George schoolmaster Borrowwell lane
Evans John baker & maltster New street
Fancott David baker High street
Fardon James blacksmith Castle end
Finnemore Thomas brazier &c Castle end
Fraser Thos grocer & post office receiving house Castle end
Freeman William ‘Coventry Cross’ New street
Freeman William jun butcher Castle end
Gibbs Charles pumpmaker Castle end
Gibbs George pump & well sinker Castle end
Gibbs Thomas Bear inn Castle end
Gill Charles plumber Castle end
Glover Thomas inland revenue officer Castle terrace
Hales John locksmith New street
Hall George bootmaker Albion row
Hall Samuel combmaker New street
Hancox David bootmaker Fieldgate row
Hancox Joseph ironmonger New street
Handley Henry maltster Castle green
Handles Thomas railway station master Station
Harding Samuel Globe inn Castle end
Harris David shopkeeper New street
Harrison Joseph & Henry confectioners Castle end
Hatwood George hairdresser Castle end
Hawksley Sarah Miss ladies school Abbey hill
Heatley John builder Rosemary hill
Heritage John & Henry pump & well sinkers Castle end
Heritage James pump maker Castle end
Hicks Elizabeth Mrs farmer Roundshill lane
Hinde William butcher Castle end
Hopkins William butcher Castle end
Hopkins Wm ironmonger & collectr of poor rates Castle end
Hopper John beer retailer Castle end
Horley Samuel wheelwright Castle end
Howes John wooden rake & besom maker Castle end
Howes Richard butcher Castle end
Hubbard John New inn Coventry road
Hubbard Robert chemist High street
Jackson Charles watchmaker High street
James Edward comb maker New row
James George carrier New row
James Thomas horn comb maker Hog lane
Jarvis John horn comb maker New row
Jeacock Mary Ann Mrs staymaker New row
Jeacock Thomas blacksmith New row
Jeffs Thomas bootmaker Rosemary hill
Jessett Robert bootmaker Abbey hill
Joyce James carpenter & builder Rosemary hill
Joyce John tailor New street
Keatley Joseph bootmaker Mill end
Kington William tailor New street
Knight Sarah & Emily Misses shoe warehouse Castle end
Lampray George relieving officer Clarendon street
Lawrence William shopkeeper Albion row
Littleton Joseph horn comb maker High street
Long Edwin plumber Castle end
Mabley William blacksmith Albion row
Mander William farmer Oak farm
Manton Elizabeth Mrs post office New street
Manton James brickmaker Whitemore
Marston Thomas Spell, ‘Clarendon Arms’ & carpenter New row
Matthews Thomas Bowling Green Abbey hill
Mayhew Jeremiah bricklayer & builder & Rose & Crown Castle end
Moore Robert corn dealer Castle end
Moulton Mary Mrs farmer Roundsall lane
Newberry William farmer Fern hill
Newton John chemist Castle end
Overton John carpenter Ladies hill
Overton John tailor Castle end
Overton Martha Mrs straw hat maker Castle end
Overton Samuel grocer Rosemary hill
Page Charles tailor Castle end
Page Thomas bootmaker Castle end
Parsons George grocer New street
Parsons Walter Thomas bookseller Castle end
Pettifor Keren (Mrs.), Virgins & Castle commercial inn High street
Pittaway Freeman basket maker Castle end
Poole & Sons solicitors Abbey hill
Poole Edward clerk to petty sessions of Southam, Abbey hill
Poole Robert clerk to the hundred of Knightlow, Abbey hill
Poole William coroner for the central district of Warwickshire, Abbey hill
Pratt Charles saddler & harness maker Castle end
Pratt Mary Mrs dressmaker Castle end
Pratt Samuel blacksmith Castle end
Price Edward stonemason Castle end
Pugh Sarah Miss ladies school Beech house Abbey hill
Randle William plumber Castle end
Rawlins Philip Perkins cooper Castle end
Reynolds Simon farmer Dunspit farm
Rice John bootmaker Castle end
Rice John bootmaker High street
Richards John carpenter High street
Richards Thomas farmer Dalehouse farm
Riley William White Lion Castle end
Robbins Francis jun miller Mill end
Robbins William builder cabinet maker & collector of assessed taxes Abbey hill
Roberts Joseph butcher & maltster High street
Rollason William tailor High street
Rose Mary Mrs confectioner High street
Russell Elizabeth Miss ladies school Abbey hill
Russell James plumber New street
Satchwell Job carpenter Castle green
Smith Thomas farmer Knowle hill
Spencer John farmer Villas hill
Stacey Edward blacksmith Castle end
Stanley Elizabeth Mrs shopkeeper Castle end
Street Henry fellmonger &c Spring lane
Sutton William gardener & parish clerk Castle end
Swain James carrier Hog lane
Talliss Henry builder High street
Tandy George combmaker High street
Thornett Thomas baker Castle end
Townsend William cooper Town Pool bridge
Turner Pace & Webb comb mannfacturers Castle end
Turrall Thomas flour dealer Castle end
Vincent James fishmonger & sexton High street
Walker Thomas Castle inn Castle green
Ward John farmer Chase farm
Ward Thomas farmer Gap farm
Ward Thomas farmer Ground’s farm
Wilson Thomas inspector of police Mill end
Wright John butcher Albion row
Post Office – Mrs Elizabeth Manton, postmistress, New street. Money orders are granted & paid at this office. Letters from London & the North delivered at 8 am; dispatched ½ past 8 pm; delivered by day mail at ½ past 2 pm; dispatched ½ past 10 am.
BANK – Leamington Priors & Warwickshire Banking Company (Branch of), Charles Bliss, manager, Castle end; draw on Williams Deacon & Co London
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :-
Inland Revenue Office, King’s Arms hotel, Castle end, Thomas Glover, resident officer
Police Station, Washbrook, Thomas Wilson, inspector
Kenilworth Mutual Improvement Institution, the Vicar, president
Kenilworth Reading Society, Rosemary hill, George Ayton, esq. secretary
PUBLIC OPPICERS :-
Clerk to the Magistrates of the Hundred of Knightlow, Robert Poole, Abbey hill
Clerk to the Petty Sessions, Southam, Edward Poole, Abbey hill
Coroner for the Central District of Warwickshire, Wm Poole, Abbey hill
Superintendent Registrar of Warwick Union & Clerk to the Trustees of Coventry, Warwick & Leamington Turnpike Roads, Edward Draper
Collector of Assessed Taxes, William Robbins Castle end
Collector of Poor’s Ratesm William Hopkins Castle end
Relieving Officer to the Kenilworth District of the Warwick Union, George Lampray, Castle end
INSURANCE AGENTS :-
Atlas Fire & Life Walter Thos Parsons Castle end
Birmingham Fire William Robbins Castle end
Church of England Fire & Life Charles Bliss Castle end
Legal & Commercial Fire & Life Edward Stephens Castle end
Crown Life Charles Draper Clinton house
London Assurance Corporation Office George Church High street
Sun Fire & Life Robert Hubbard High street
PLACES OF WORSHIP :-
St Nicholas Church High street
St John’s New Church, Castle end, Rev Edward Revel Eardley Wilmot, M.A. vicar; Rev Alfred Jones BA curate; Rev Frederick Robert Kite MA assistant minister
Independent Chapel Rev John Button minister Abbey hl
Baptist Chapel various ministers Albion row
Wesleyan Chapel various ministers Castle end
Presbyterian Chapel Rev John Gordon minister
Roman Catholic Chapel Rev Joseph Walker priest
PUBLIC SCHOOLS :-
British (for boys & girls) Abbey hill, John Button, master; Miss Elizabeth Russell, mistress
Infant (for boys & girls) Miss Ellen Pullinger mistress
Free, George Evans master
National (for girls), Pepper alley, Catharine Page mistrs
CARRIERS TO :-
COVENTRY – James Swain from his house Pepper alley mon wed & fri morn at 10; George James High st fri morn at 8; William Ore from the ‘Coventry Cross’ New street daily
BIRMINGHAM – Geo James High st mon morn at 8; Richard Clements from his house New street on thurs
LEAMINGTON & WARWICK -William Ore from the ‘Coventry Cross’ New st daily; Geo James New row wed & sat morn at 10; James Swain from his house tues thurs & sat
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY to Coventry Leamington & Warwick six times a day
Railway Station Castle end.- Omnibus to meet every train from the King’s Arms hotel, about six times a day
Source: Post office directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, and part of Staffordshire (of Birmingham, with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire) [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1854
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Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Warwick
- 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: Warwick
- Hundred: Knightlow
- Province: Canterbury