Cherington, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Cherrington or Cherington, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Stour, 3½ miles SE of Shipston-on-Stour, and 6½ E by N of Moreton station on the G.W.R. There is a post office under Shipston-on-Stour; money order office, Brailes; telegraph office, Shipston-on-Stour. Acreage, 879; population, 255. The manor belonged in the time of Henry III. to Ralph de Wylington, and passed in the time of Edward III. to the Lucys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; value, o£240 with residence. The church is Early English, and contains a fine altar tomb of the 14th century.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Cherrington St. John the Baptist | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Cherington St. Nicholas | |
| Hundred | Longtree | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Shipston-upon-Stour | |
| Poor Law union | Tetbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Cherington:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1538-1894 | 1551-1978 | 1538-1960 |
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 Cherington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cherrington (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 Cherington 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.