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Church Over, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Church-Over, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, on the verge of the county and Watling Street, 4 miles N by E of Rugby, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Rugby. Acreage, 1641; population, 308. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, e£260 with residence. The church is ancient, and there is a Congregational chapel.

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 parishChurchover Holy Trinity 
HundredKnightlow 
Poor Law unionRugby 

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


Church Records

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

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1658-1670
1721-1915
1658-1670
1721-1958
1658-1670
1721-1993

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 Church Over from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Church Over 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.