Seckington Warwickshire Family History Guide

Seckington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1612
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1679

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SECKINGTON, a parish in the district of Tamworth and county of Warwick; 3 miles N of Polesworth r. station, and 4 ENE of Tamworth. Post-town, Tamworth. Acres, 806. Real property, £1,406. Pop., 108. Houses, 24. The manor was anciently called Seccandun, and belongs now to Sir R. Burdett, Bart. A battle was fought here, in 757, between Cuthred and Ethelwald. There are a barrow and remains of an ancient camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £250. Patron, Sir R. Burdett, Bart. The church is ancient, and has a tower and spire.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Warwickshire, Seckington – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Seckington, 1679-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Seckington (Warwickshire)

North Warwickshire burial registers
Author: Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Seckington, 1612-1973
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Seckington (Warwickshire); Warwick County Record Office (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Seckington – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Seckington, Warws., Eng

Surname index of burials 1813-1851 for the parish churches of: St. Nicholas Austrey, St. Mary Newton Regis, St. Editha Polesworth, All Saints Seckington, St. Matthew Shuttington in the county of Warwickshire
Author: Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society

England, Warwickshire, Seckington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1822-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Seckington (Warwickshire)

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tamworth
  • 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: Tamworth
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury