Middleton, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Middleton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands near the boundary with Staffordshire, 1¼ mile W of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, 2 miles W of the river Tame, 2½ S of Watling Street, 3 NW of Kingsbnry station on the M.R., 4½ W of Sutton Coldfield, and 4j- SSW of Tamworth, and gives the title of Baron to the family of Willoughby. It has a post office under Tamworth; money order and telegraph office, Fazeley. The parish comprises 3914 acres; population, 415. The parish council consists of five members. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Middleton. Middleton Hall, the property of Lord Middleton, is an ancient mansion standing in a well-wooded park. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; value, £100. Patron, Lord Middleton. The church is of various dates, from Norman downwards; consists of nave, aisle, and½chancel, with a tower; and contains several monuments to the Willoughbys and others.
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 | Middleton St. John the Baptist | |
| Poor Law union | Tamworth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Middleton:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1677-2007 | 1681-1999 | 1676-2000 |
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 Middleton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Middleton (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Middleton 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.