Leek Wootton Warwickshire Family History Guide

Leek Wootton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire. 

Other places in the parish include: Hill Wootton. 

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1581
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

OLD COTTAGES LEEK WOOTTEN NR KENILWORTH 1902
OLD COTTAGES LEEK WOOTTEN NR KENILWORTH 1902

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEEK-WOOTTON, a village and a parish in the district and county of Warwick. The village stands near the river Avon and the Leamington and Coventry railway, 1½ mile S by W of Kenilworth r. station, and 2 N of Warwick; and has a post-office under Warwick.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Hill-Wootton. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £4,389. Pop., 389. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Clarendon. Woodcote House is the seat of H. Wise, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £400. Patron, Lord Leigh. The church was rebuilt in 1792; has a new chancel, in the decorated English style, built in 1843; has also an embattled tower; is adorned, in its windows, with beautiful stained glass, partly put up in 1864; and contains several handsome monumental tablets.

There are a national school and charities £18.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
Thomas Newton, p. Leekwootten, co. Warwick, & Sarah Sabin, of F. C. 23 Oct. 1780Fenny Compton
John Court, p. Leek-Wooton, & Judeth Roadnight, s., lic. 27 Oct. 1767Bourton on Dunsmore

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Warwickshire, Leek-Wootton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Leek-Wootton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Warwickshire, Leek-Wootton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Leek-Wootton, 1662-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leek Wootton (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Leek-Wootton, 1581-1973
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leek Wootton (Warwickshire)

The parish registers of Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, 1581-1837
Author: Gath, Caroline; Church of England. Parish Church of Leek-Wootton (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Leek-Wootton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Leek Wooton, Warws., Eng.

Parish register printouts of Leek Wootton, Warwick, England, christenings, 1709-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

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