Claverdon, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Claverdon, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands near the Birmingham and Stratford Canal, 6 miles W of Warwick, and has a station on the G.W.R., and a post and money order office under Warwick; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish includes also the hamlets of Langley, Lye Green, and Yarningale Common, Acreage, 2754; population, 550. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; joint net value, £216. Patron, the Archdeacon of Worcester. The church is ancient, and! was partly rebuilt in 1830 and restored in 1878. The ancient mansion of the Spencers was in Claverdon, but only one tower remains.
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 | Claverdon St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Barlichway | |
| Poor Law union | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Claverdon:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1593-1596 1629-1949 | 1637-1978 | 1596-1597 1629-1961 |
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 Claverdon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Claverdon (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Claverdon 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.