Shuttington, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Shuttington, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies on the river Anker and the Coventry Canal, 2½ miles NW of Polesworth station on the L. & N.W.R., and 3 E by N of Tamworth. It has a post office under Tamworth; money order and telegraph office, Tamworth. The parish contains also the hamlet of Alvecote. Acreage, 1420; population, 446. The manor belongs to the Earl of Essex. A priory, a cell to Malvern Abbey, was founded at Alvecote in 1159 by William Burdet. A portion of it is still called Alvecote Priory, and is an ancient ivy-clad mansion, now used as a farmhouse and agricultural college. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £130. Patron, the Earl of Essex. The church is a small ancient edifice.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| 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 Shuttington:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1557-1933 | 1557-1995 | 1557-1901 |
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 Shuttington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Shuttington)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Shuttington 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.