Sowe, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Sowe, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the river Sowe, 3¼ miles NE by E of Coventry, is known officially as Walsgrave-upon-Sowe and has a post office under Coventry; money order office, Stoke Green; telegraph office, Longford. The parish comprises 2713 acres; population, 1456. Coal is worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £153 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Perpendicular, and was restored in 1864. It contains a very ancient font. There is a chapel of ease at Hawkesbury Lane, a hamlet in the parish. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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 Sowe from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sow (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.