Shottswell Warwickshire Family History Guide

Shottswell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire. 

Alternative names: Shotswell, Shotteswell

Parish church: St Laurence

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1564
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1670

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHOTSWELL, a parish, with a village, in the district of Banbury and county of Warwick; 2¾ miles WSW of Cropredy r. station, and 4 NNW of Banbury. Post town, Banbury. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £2,345. Pop., 307. Houses, 74. The manor belongs to Col. North. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £157. Patron, Col. North. The church stands on high ground, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £13.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Shottswell, a parish In Burton-Dasset division of the hund. of Kington, union of Banbury, county of Warwick; 7 miles south-east by east of Kineton. Living, a discharged vicarage, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; rated at £5 13s. 4d.; gross income £160. Tithes commuted in 1793. Patron, in 1841, Col. North. Here are 2 daily schools, besides a Sunday school. Charities, in 1834, £12 12s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £159 12s. Acres 1,860. Houses 66. A. P. £2,327. Pop., in 1801, 218 ; in 1831, 302.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

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St Laurence Shotteswell
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St Laurence Shotteswell

Parish Records

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England, Warwickshire, Shotteswell

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

England, Warwickshire, Shotswell – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shotswell, 1665-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shotswell (Warwickshire)

Grimsbury Wesleyan Methodist, West St., Oxfordshire, Banbury, Marlborough Road Circuit : register of baptisms, 1872-1927
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Grimsbury, Oxfordshire); Wesleyan Methodist Church. Banbury Circuit; Wood, Vera; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Shotswell, 1564-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shotswell (Warwickshire); Warwickshire (England). County Record Office

England, Warwickshire, Shotswell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Shotteswell, Warwick, England, christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Banbury
  • 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: Banbury
  • Hundred: Kington
  • Province: Canterbury