Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Leamington Hastings, a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Learn, 1½ mile SE of Birdingbury station on the Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick branch of the L. & N.W.R., 4 miles NNE of Southam, and 10 E of Leamington. It contains the hamlets of Hill, Broadwell, and Kites Hardwick, and has a post office under Rugby; money order office, Marton; telegraph office, Stockton. Acreage, 3366; population, 415. The manor belonged anciently to the family of Hastang, whence, by corruption, came the postfix name Hastings. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £479 with residence. The church formerly belonged to the Priory of Nostell in Yorkshire, and was restored in 1887. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Broad-well, and there are several almshouses.
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 | Leamington-Hastings All Saints | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Rugby |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Leamington Hastings:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1559-1992 | 1559-1989 | 1559-1993 |
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 Leamington Hastings from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Leamington-Hastings (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Leamington Hastings 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.