Ryton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Ryton-on-Dunsmore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire. 

Alternative names: Ryton upon Dunsmore

Parish church: St Leonard

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1671

Nonconformists include: Calvinist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RYTON-UPON-DUNSMORE, a parish, with a village, in Rugby district, Warwick; on the river Avon, 2 miles SW of Brandon r. station, and 5 SE of Coventry. It has a post-office under Coventry.

Acres, 1,650. Real property, £3,972. Pop., 557. Houses, 131. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the North Warwick hounds.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £126. Patrons, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The church is early English, with a tower; contains some ancient monuments; and was given, as a prebend, by the Prior of Coventry, to Lichfield cathedral.

There is a national school.

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

Bankrupts

Eburne Francis, Ryton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, miller, Oct. 13, 1826.

Source: Extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
John Good, p. Ryton, & Ursula Smyth, p. B. – – 1675Bourton on Dunsmore
  

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Warwickshire, Ryton-on-Dunsmore – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ryton-on-Dunsmore, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Warwickshire, Ryton-on-Dunsmore – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ryton-on-Dunsmore, 1813-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton-on-Dunsmore (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Ryton-on-Dunsmore, 1539-1931
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ryton-on-Dunsmore (Warwickshire); Warwickshire (England). County Record Office

England, Warwickshire, Ryton-on-Dunsmore – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Ryton on Dunsmore, Warwick, England, christenings, 1759-1865
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Rugby
  • 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: Rugby
  • Hundred: Knightlow
  • Province: Canterbury