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Radford or Radford Semele, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Radford or Radford Semele, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands adjacent to the Warwick and Napton Canal, 1½ mile WNW of the Fosse Way, and 2 miles ESE of Leamington. It has a post office under Leamington Spa; money order and telegraph office, Leamington Spa. The parish comprises 2123 acres; population, 544. Radford House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £183 with residence. The church was given to the monks of Kenilworth in the time of Henry I., and was restored in 1889. There is a Baptist 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 parishRadford-Semele St. Nicholas 
HundredKnightlow 
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 Radford Semele:

BaptismsMarriagesBurials
1565-19801565-20071565-1990

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 Radford or Radford Semele from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Radford or Radford Semele 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.