Withybrook, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Withybrook, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village is 2 miles E of Shilton station on the Trent Valley section of the L. & N.W.R., and 8 NE by E of Coventry. It has a post office under Coventry; money order office, Pailton; telegraph office. Monks Kirby. The parish includes the hamlet of Hopsford. Acreage, 2519; population, 234. Hopsford Hall is the chief residence. There is a mineral spring, the waters of which are similar to those of Harrogate. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Monks Kirby. The church was built in the latter part of the 14th century, and was restored in 1893. There is a Congregational chapel.
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 | Withybrook All Saints | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Foleshill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Withybrook:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1653-1939 | 1653-1995 | 1653-1991 |
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 Withybrook from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Withybrook (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Withybrook 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.