Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Baddesley-Clinton, a parish in Warwickshire, near the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, 1½ mile E of Kingswood station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles NW of Warwick. Post town, Knowie; telegraph office, Knowie station, 2½ miles distant. Acreage, 1366; population, 132. Baddesley Hall is the seat of the Ferrers family, two of whom were distinguished in the seventeenth century, one being an antiquary and poet, and the other a dramatist. The manor house dates from the fifteenth century, and is a picturesque mansion with an embattled tower; it is surrounded by a wide moat, and is situated in a well-timbered park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; value, £76. The church is Early English, and was partially rebuilt in 1517 and 1634, and restored in 1874. It is a small plain edifice, consisting of chancel, nave, and a massive embattled tower; it contains some ancient altar tombs to members of the Ferrers family. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a nunnery in the parish.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Baddesley-Clinton St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Solihull |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Baddesley Clinton:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1632-1962 | 1634-1986 | 1633-1927 |
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 Baddesley Clinton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Baddesley-Clinton (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Baddesley Clinton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
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.