Pillerton Hersey, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Pillerton Hersey, a parish in Warwickshire, adjacent to the Fosse Way, 3 miles SW of Kineton, and 7½ SE of Stratford-on-Avon. It has a post office under Warwick; money order and telegraph office, Kineton. Acreage, 1402; population of the civil parish, 123; of the ecclesiastical, with Pillerton Priors, 223. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Pillerton Priors, in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £84 with residence. The church is Perpendicular, and was partially restored in 1873. It has .a fine carved oak roof of the 15th century. The church is Ancient and good, and has a low tower.
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 | Pillerton-Hersey St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Kineton | |
| Poor Law union | Shipston-upon-Stour |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Pillerton Hersey:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1539-1914 | 1543-1937 | 1539-1992 |
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 Pillerton Hersey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pillerton-Hersey (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Pillerton Hersey 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.