Exhall (Coventry), Warwickshire
Historical Description
Exhall (near Coventry), a parish in Warwickshire, on Beach Brook, near the Coventry Canal, 4½ miles N by E of Coventry. It has a station, jointly with Longford, on the Coventry and Nuneaton branch of the L. & N.W.R., and a post office under Coventry; money order and telegraph office, Longford. Acreage, 2047; population, 1004. Exhall Hall, Moat House, and the Grange are the chief residences. There is a colliery here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £120 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1885.
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 | Exhall St. Giles | |
| Poor Law union | Foleshill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Exhall (Coventry):
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1540-1968 | 1540-1978 | 1540-1952 |
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 Exhall (Coventry) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Exhall (St. Giles))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
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.