Ipsley, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Ipsley, a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Arrow, 2 miles S by E of Redditch station on the M.R. It contains part of Headless Cross village and part of Redditch town, each of which has a post, money order, and telegraph office, and contains also part of Crabs Cross village. Acreage, 2514; population of the civil parish, 2130; of the ecclesiastical, 864. The manufacture of needles and fish-hooks is carried on at Ipsley Mills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £586 with residence. The church is ancient, has a square embattled tower, and contains some old monuments of the Huband family. The church was restored in 1867. The rectory of Headless Cross is a separate benefice.

Administration

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

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ipsley from the following:

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

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.