Wixford Warwickshire Family History Guide

Wixford is a chapelry of Exhall (near Alcester) Ancient Parish in Warwickshire.

Alternative names: Wigglesford

Parish church: St Milburga

Parish registers begin: 1540

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WIXFORD, a parish in Alcester district, Warwick; on the river Arrow, and on the Barnt-Green, Redditch, and Tewkesbury railway, 2 miles S of Alcester. It has a postal letter-box under Redditch, a r. station, and an inn. Acres, 530. Real property, £1,204. Pop., 123. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to Sir W. Throckmorton. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Exhall. The church is ancient.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Wixford, 2 miles S. Alcester. P. 121

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

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England, Warwickshire, Wixford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Records of Wixford
Author: Bloom, J. Harvey (James Harvey), b.1860

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

England, Warwickshire, Wixford – Church records ( 5 )
Account book, 1732-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wixford (Warwickshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Exhall, 1616-1700
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Exhall (near Alcester, Warwickshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Wixford (Warwickshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Wixford, 1612-1686
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wixford (Warwickshire)

Parish registers for Exhall, near Alcester, 1540-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Exhall (near Alcester, Warwickshire); Warwickshire (England). County Record Office

Parish registers for Wixford, 1882-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wixford (Warwickshire)

England, Warwickshire, Wixford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish registers for Exhall, near Alcester, 1540-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Exhall (near Alcester, Warwickshire); Warwickshire (England). County Record Office

Poor law records for Exhall, near Alcester, 1540-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Exhall (near Alcester, Warwickshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Wixford (Warwickshire)

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Poll Books

Wixford, Warwickshire Poll Book 1868

Below are the names of those that voted in the election of November 1868 between Lord Hyde. Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B. H. C. Wise, Esq. John Hardy, Esq.

Poll Book, South Warwickshire Election, November 1868.

Alcester Polling District

Wixford

No. and Name of Voter.

List 1.

570 Bomford, Ebenezer

571 Cox, John

572 Dyke, George

List 2.

573 Elton, Thomas

574 Hopkins, Henry

575 Wilkes, Joshua

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Alcester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Warwick
  • Poor Law Union: Alcester
  • Hundred: Barlinchway
  • Province: Canterbury