Budbrooke, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Budbrooke, a parish in Warwickshire. It lies near the Birmingham and Warwick canal, 1½ mile NW of Warwick, It includes the hamlets of Hampton-on-the-Hill, and Lower Norton, and its post-town is Warwick. Acreage, 3289; population, 908. Grove Park here is the seat of Lord Dormer, who is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £370 with residence.. The church, originally Norman, was restored in 1874, and contains monuments of the Dormers. The headquarters of the 6th Regimental District and the Royal Warwickshire Territorial Regiment are situated here. There is also a Roman Catholic chapel at Hampton-on-the-Hill.
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 | Budbrook St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Barlichway | |
| Poor Law union | Warwick |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Budbrooke:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1539-1962 | 1539-1985 | 1539-1926 |
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 Budbrooke from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Budbrook (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Budbrooke 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.