Coughton, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Coughton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies 2 miles N of Alcester, near the river Arrow, and has a station on the M.R., and a post and money order office under Redditch; telegraph office, Alcester. Acreage of parish, 2000; population, 201. The ecclesiastical parish includes the civil parish of Samboume; area, 4218 acres; population, 688. The manor belonged in the time of William the Conqueror to Turchil de Warwick, was held in the time of Henry I. by a family who took name from it, and passed in the 15th century to the family of Throckmorton, who are the present owners. Coughton Court is a castellated edifice of the time of Henry VIII., and commands a fine view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £160 with residence. Patron, Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart. The church is Perpendicular, and consists of chancel, nave with aisles and clerestory, chantry chapels, south porch, and an embattled western tower, and contains monuments of the Throckmortons. It was well restored in 1891-93. A mission church was erected in 1892, and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Coughton:

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 Coughton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Coughton (St. Peter))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Coughton 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:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.