Tanworth, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Tanworth, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands 4 miles NW of Henley-in-Arden, and 5 SW of Knowle station on the G.W.R.,and has a post and money order office under Birmingham; telegraph office, Hockley Heath. The parish contains the ecclesiastical parish of Salter Street (or Hockley Heath), and part of that of Nuthurst. Acreage, 9808; population of the civil parish, 1870; of the ecclesiastical, 682. Umberslade is the chief residence. A very large reservoir of the Birmingham and Stratford Canal is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £454 with residence. Patron, Earl Amherst. The church was restored in 1881. There are Baptist and Congregational chapels at Hockley Heath.
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 | Tanworth St. Mary Magdalene | |
| Hundred | Barlichway | |
| Poor Law union | Solihull |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Tanworth in Arden:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1558-1967 | 1558-1961 | 1558-2000 |
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 Tanworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tanworth (St. Mary Magdalene))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Tanworth 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.