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Long Lawford, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Lawford, Long, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Newbold-upon-Avon parish, Warwickshire. The village stands near the river Avon, 3½ miles N by W of Rugby, and has a post office under Rugby; money order and telegraph office, Rugby. Acreage of the township, 1715; population, 752. There are limeworks. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newbold-upon-Avon, in the diocese of Worcester. The church was built in 1839, and is in the Pointed style. There are 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 
Civil parishNewbold upon Avon 
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 Long Lawford:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1945-19871948-1976 
See Newbold-on-Avon for earlier records.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Long Lawford from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Long Lawford 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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