Hatton, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Hatton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands near the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, 3 miles NW by W of Warwick, and has a station on the G.W.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Warwick. The parish contains also the townships of Beansale and Shrewley. Acreage, 4278; population, including the inmates of the asylum, 1664. The manor belonged to Hugh de Hatton, Earl of Warwick, and was given by him to Wrox-hall Abbey. The county lunatic asylum, opened in 1852, is a fine building in a modified Tudor style, with a frontage of 700 feet; stands on a plot of 62 acres handsomely laid out, and possesses accommodation for about 700 patients. Hatton Hill commands a fine view of the surrounding country. Hatton House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £180 with residence. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1880, has some good modern painted glass, and contains a tablet to Dr Samuel Parr, and other monuments. Dr Parr was for some time the incumbent of the parish, and a noble room in the parsonage was built by him for a library. There is a Congregational chapel at Shrewley.

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 Hatton:

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 Hatton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hatton (Holy Trinity))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Hatton 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.