Halford, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Halford or Halford Bridge, a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Stour, 3 miles S of Ettington station on the East and West Junction railway, 3 N of Shipston-on-Stour, and 8 S of Stratford-on-Avon. It has a post and money order office under Shipston-on-Stour; telegraph office, Ettington. Acreage, 956; population, 245. The name was originally Aldford, meaning Oldford, and alluded to a ford here over the Stour. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The-church is very ancient, was restored in 1862, and is believed to have the oldest bells in the Midlands.
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 | Halford St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Shipston-upon-Stour |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Halford:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1545-1912 | 1552-2003 | 1545-1987 |
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 Halford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Halford, or Halford-Bridge (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Halford 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.