Wishaw Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Wishaw is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Other places in the parish include: Moxhall.

Alternative names: Whishaw

Parish church: St. Chad

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1685
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker

Adjacent Parishes

Wishaw Parish Registers

Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Wishaw Warwickshire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1535-1812

Wishaw Warwickshire Church of England Baptisms 1813-1910

Marriages and Banns

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Wishaw Warwickshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1910

Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Wishaw Warwickshire Church of England Burials 1813-1910

Parish History

Wishaw

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WISHAW, a parish, with Moxhall hamlet, in Aston district, Warwick; 2½ miles N of Water-Orton r. station, and 8½ NE of Birmingham. Post town, Erdington, under Birmingham. Acres, 1,196. Real property, £2,880. Pop., 216. Houses, 43. The manor, with Moxhall Hall, belongs to B. P. Noel, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £410. Patrons, J. Folliott, Esq., and the Representatives of the Jesson family. The church is ancient.

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

Moxhall

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Moxhall, a hamlet in Wishaw parish, Warwick; near the Fazeley canal, 4 ½ miles NW by N of Coleshill. Real property, £1,835. Pop., 73. The manor belonged formerly to the Lisles and the Hacketts; and, with Moxhall Hall, belongs now to B. P. Noel, Esq. The Hall is a handsome mansion, in the Italian style; and stands in a well-wooded park.

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

Maps

British National Grid Ref: SP 17658 94614
BNG Eastings, Northings: 417658, 294614
Latitude, Longitude: 52.549088, -1.741018

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Aston
  • 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: Meriden
  • Hundred: Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury