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Burton Dassett, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Burton-Dassett, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Fenny-Compton station on the G.W. and East and West Junction railways. and 4 E of Kington, and was once a market-town under the name of Chipping Derset. The parish includes also the hamlets of Little Dassett, North End, and Knightcote, and its post town is Fenny-Compton, under Leamington. Acreage, 4975; population, 632. The manor belonged anciently to the Southleys, and passed to the Belknaps, the Wottons, the Stanhopes, and the Temples. The surface is hilly, and continued long to be a haunt of wild beasts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value £133 with residence. The church is large, partly Norman, has an embattled tower with pinnacles, and contains some ancient monuments. Oliver Cromwell is said to have witnessed the battle of Edgehill from the tower. At North End are situated a chapel of ease, and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

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 parishBurton-Dassett All Saints 
HundredKington 
Poor Law unionSoutham 

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


Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Burton Dassett:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1564-19311564-19761564-1871

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 Burton Dassett from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Burton Dassett 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.

DistrictStratford-on-Avon
CountyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtCV47
Post TownSoutham

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