Brinklow, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Brinklow, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the Fosse Way and the Oxford Canal, 6 miles NW of Rugby. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R., a post, money order, and telegraph office under Coventry, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1487 acres; population, 714. The manor belonged anciently to the Mowbrays, and had a castle of theirs, which has disappeared. Traces of a tumulus, called Brinklow Tump, and of a Roman camp exist, and some Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is variously Early English and Perpendicular, was restored in 1862, and has an embattled tower. There is a Congregational chapel. The family of Rons the antiquary were residents.
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 | Brinklow St. John the Baptist | |
| Hundred | Knightlow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Brinklow:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1558-1928 | 1574-1633 1748-2005 | 1558-1978 |
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 Brinklow from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brinklow (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Brinklow 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.