Tysoe, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Tysoe, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, 4¼ miles S of Kineton station on the East and West Junction railway, and 9 WNW of Banbury. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Warwick. Acreage, 4800; population of the civil parish, 910; of the ecclesiastical, with Compton Wyniates, 932. There is a parish council consisting of six members. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Compton Wyniates, in the diocese of Worcester; joint net value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Northampton. The church is Norman and Early English, and there was a Saxon church on the same site. It was restored in 1854. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
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 | Tysoe St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Shipston-upon-Stour |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Tysoe:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1575-1999 | 1575-2009 | 1575-1899 |
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 Tysoe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tysoe (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:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.