Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire Family History Guide
Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Princethorpe is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1696 from Wolston Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Stretton on Dunsmoor, Stretton on Dunsmore, Stretton upon Dunsmore
Other places in the parish include: Princethorpe.
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1681
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1670
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Stretton on Dunsmore
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STRETTON-UPON-DUNSMORE, a parish, with S. village and Princethorpe township, in Rugby district, Warwick; on the Fosse way and Dunsmore-Heath, 2½ miles S of Brandon r. station, and 6½ SE of Coventry. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 3,110. Real property, £6,433. Pop., 1,064. Houses, 229. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £450. Patrons, the Rev. H. T. Powell and F. Fanquier, Esq. The church is modern, and cost £5,233. There are an endowed school with £52 a year, and charities £357. See Prince-Thorpe.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Princethorpe
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PRINCETHORPE, a township in Stretton-on-Dunsmore parish, Warwick; on the Fosse way, near the river Ichene, 6 miles N W of Southam. Pop., 319. Houses, 53. A Benedictine priory or nunnery, with about 60nuns, is here; was erected in 1833; includes a neat chapel, with a low steeple; and stands on a plot of about 4acres. There is also a national school.
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 Ares, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, & Mary Sodyn, p. B 30 Sept. 1638 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Paddy, p. Stretton-super-Dunsmore, & Mary Currol, p. B. – Jan 1700 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Robert Cooper, p. B., & Mary Waren, p. Stretton-upon-Dunsmore 11 Oct. 1763 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| William Olorenshaw, p. B., & Mary Cooper, w., p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, lic. 8 Feb. 1768 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Olorenshaw, p. B., & Mary Coles, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, lic. 12 Oct. 1770 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Francis Muddiman, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, & Mary Leeds, p. B. 22 Jan. 1775 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Thomas Thokey, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, & Elizabeth Gilbert, p. B., lic. 25 Sept. 1775 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| Joseph Goode, p. B., & Sarah Goode, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore 21 July 1777 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| William Truslove, p. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, & Sarah Church, p. B., lic. 23 Jan. 1787 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Griffin, p. Eathorpe, & Anne Chatwin, p. Stretton 23 May 1667 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Smyth, p. Frankton, & Katherhie Johnson, p. Stretton 13 July 1675 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| John Paget, p. Stretton, & Comfort Billson, p. B. 13 Jan. 1763 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
| William Veasey, p. Stretton, & Mary Barnwell, p. B., lic. 25 Feb. 1810 | Bourton on Dunsmore |
Parish Records
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Stretton on Dunsmore
Princethorpe
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: Coventry
- Poor Law Union: Rugby
- Hundred: Knightlow
- Province: Canterbury