Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Stretton-on-Dunsmore, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies on the Fosse Way and Dunsmore Heath, 2½ miles S of Brandon and Wolston station on tha L. & N.W.R., and 6½ SE of Coventry. It has a post and money order office under Rugby; telegraph office, Wolston. The parish includes the hamlet of Princethorpe. Acreage, 2989; population, 893. There is a parish council consisting of ten members and a chairman, Princethorpe having four members. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £322 with residence. The church was erected in 1835. There was anciently a chantry, founded by Thomas de Wolverdynton in the reign of Edward III. See PRINCETHORPE.

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.

Church Records

The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Stretton on Dunsmore:

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 Stretton on Dunsmore from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stretton-Upon-Dunsmore (All Saints))

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.