Radford or Radford Semele, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Radford or Radford Semele, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands adjacent to the Warwick and Napton Canal, 1½ mile WNW of the Fosse Way, and 2 miles ESE of Leamington. It has a post office under Leamington Spa; money order and telegraph office, Leamington Spa. The parish comprises 2123 acres; population, 544. Radford House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £183 with residence. The church was given to the monks of Kenilworth in the time of Henry I., and was restored in 1889. There is a Baptist chapel.
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 | Radford-Semele St. Nicholas | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Warwick |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Radford Semele:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1565-1980 | 1565-2007 | 1565-1990 |
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 Radford or Radford Semele from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Radford-Semele (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Radford or Radford Semele 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.