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Honiley, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Honiley or Honily, a parish in the county of Warwickshire, 3 miles W of Kenilworth, and 6 NW of Warwick. Post town, Kenilworth. Acreage, 655; population, 51. The manor had anciently a peculiar ecclesiastical jurisdiction, was given in the time of Henry III. to Richard Peche, passed in the time of Henry VII. to Sir Simond Montfort, went at his attainder to the Crown, was given to the Fitz-geralds, reverted in the time of Mary to the Crown, was then given to the Throckmortons, passed to the Burgoynes and to Lord Carrington. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £110. The church is good.

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 parishHonily St. John the Baptist 
HundredBarlichway 
Poor Law unionWarwick 

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


Church Records

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

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1745-19771746-19871747-1992

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Honiley from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Honiley 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.

DistrictWarwick
CountyWarwickshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtCV8

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