Amington and Stonydelph, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Amington and Stonydelph, a joint township in Tamworth parish, Warwickshire, on the river Anker and the Coventry Canal. Amington is a village, 2 miles E of Tamworth, and has a post office under that town, where is the money order and telegraph office. Stonydelph is a hamlet, 1½ mile S. Acreage of the township, 2318; population, 713. Amington Hall is the chief residence. There is a chapel of ease to Tamworth parish church.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Civil parish | Tamworth | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Tamworth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Amington:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1919-1962 | 1913-1980 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Amington and Stonydelph from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Amington, with Stony-Delph)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Amington and Stonydelph 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.