Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Bishops-Itchington, a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Itchin, 1½ mile SSE of Harbury station on the G.W.R., and 3 miles SW of Southam. It has a post office under Leamington Spa; money order office, Harbury; telegraph office, Harbury railway station. Acreage, 3052; population, 772. There are lime and cement works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church was rebuilt in 1873. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Bishop's Itchington All Saints | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Southam |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Bishops Itchington:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1559-1969 | 1560-1995 | 1560-1911 |
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 Bishops Itchington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Itchington, Bishop's (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bishops Itchington 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.