Wolvey, Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Wolvey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire.

Other places in the parish include: Copson, Copsin, and Bramcott.

Parish church: St John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Calvinist, General Baptist New Connexion, and Presbyterian.

Adjacent Parishes

Wolvey Parish Registers

Wolvey Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Wolvey, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Wolvey Death and Burial Records

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

Wolvey, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Wolvey Strays

William Hobley, p. Wolvey, & Rachel Hewitt, p. B. 26 Jan. 1801 married at Bourton on Dunsmore

Parish History

Wolvey

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOLVEY, a parish, with W. village and Bramcott hamlet, in Foleshill district, Warwick; 3 miles NE of Shilton r. station, and 4 S of Hinckley. It has a post-office under Hinckley. Acres, 3,790. Real property, £6,724. Pop., 958. Houses, 212. The property is subdivided. Edward IV. was surprised here by the Earl of Warwick, and conveyed hence to Middleham Castle. An ancient hermitage was on Wolvey Heath. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £230. Patron, alternately the Bishop of W. and Dr. T. W. Smith. The church’s chancel was restored in 1858; and a handsome new parsonage was built in 1862. There are a Baptist chapel, a free school, and charities £30.

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

Universal British Directory 1791

Stands in a fine sporting country, near Hinckley, and north-by-east of Shilton. Market here on Wednesdays; and a fair for three days, viz. on St. Mark’s day, and those before and after. Wolvey-heath had an hermitage, the remains of which are to be seen one hundred yards west of the road from Nuneaton to Cloudesley-bush. It was at this place that Edward IV was surprised and taken prisoner by Richard Nevil, the stout Earl of Warwick.

Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Volume the Fifth.

Copson

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Copson, a hamlet in Wolvey parish, Warwick.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Foleshill
  • 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: Foleshill
  • Hundred: Knightlow
  • Province: Canterbury