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Brinklow, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Brinklow, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the Fosse Way and the Oxford Canal, 6 miles NW of Rugby. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R., a post, money order, and telegraph office under Coventry, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1487 acres; population, 714. The manor belonged anciently to the Mowbrays, and had a castle of theirs, which has disappeared. Traces of a tumulus, called Brinklow Tump, and of a Roman camp exist, and some Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is variously Early English and Perpendicular, was restored in 1862, and has an embattled tower. There is a Congregational chapel. The family of Rons the antiquary were residents.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWarwickshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBrinklow St. John the Baptist 
HundredKnightlow 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Brinklow:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1558-19281574-1633
1748-2005
1558-1978

Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Brinklow from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Brinklow are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictRugby
CountyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtCV23
Post TownRugby

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