Clifton upon Dunsmore, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, a village, a township, and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies on the river Avon and the Oxford Canal, in the vicinity of Watling Street, 2 miles ENE of Rugby, and has a station (Clifton Mill) on the Rugby and Stamford branch of the L. & N.W.R. It has a post and telegraph office of the name of Clifton, under Rugby; money order office, Rugby. Acreage of the township, 1677; population, 638. The parish contains also the township and chapelry of Brownsover and the township of Newton and Biggin. Acreage, 3659; population, 930. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Brownsover, in the diocese of Worcester; joint net value, £163 with residence. The church is Early English, with an embattled tower, and there is a Weseyan chapel. Carte the historian was a native. The ancient chapel at Brownsover was restored by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1877.
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 | Clifton-upon-Dunsmoor St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Rugby |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Clifton on Dunsmore:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1594-1949 | 1594-2004 | 1594-1979 |
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 Clifton upon Dunsmore from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clifton-upon-Dunsmoor (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Clifton upon Dunsmore 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.