Harburbury, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Harbury or Herburbury, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Itchen, near the Fosse Way, 3 miles WSW of Southam, and 6 SE of Leamington, and is 200 feet higher than that town. There is a station (Southam Road and Harbury) on the.G.W.R., and a post and money order office under Leamington; telegraph office, railway station. Acreage, 3397; population, 1219. A cutting on the line of railway here is 100 feet deep and 600 wide. There are lime and cement works and a cemetery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, o6174 with residence. The church is ancient, and has some good bells and ancient brasses. It was restored and enlarged in 1873, There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a handsome Gothic school, endowed in 1611.

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 Harbury:

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 Harburbury from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Harbury, or Harberbury (All Saints))

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:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

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