Warmington, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Warmington, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village is 4 miles S of Fenny Compton station on the G.W.R. and East and West Junction railway, 5 SE of Kineton, and 5¼ NNW of Banbury. It has a post office under Banbury; money order office, Avon Dassett; telegraph office, Farnborough. The parish includes the hamlet of Arlescote. Acreage, 1809; population, 277. There is a parish council consisting of five members. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Preaux Abbey in Normandy, was founded here in the time of Henry I. by H. de Newburgh, and was given by Henry VI. to Witham Priory. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £484 with residence. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church is chiefly of the 14th century, and was restored in 1871. The nave is separated from the aisles by four Norman and one Decorated arch. Attached to the north side of the chancel is a domus inclusi or anchorite priest's dwelling. There are some good Decorated windows, and the chancel retains a piscina and sedilia of three seats. 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 | Warmington St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Banbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Warmington:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1636-1979 | 1636-1978 | 1636-1919 |
Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Warmington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Warmington (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Warmington 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.