Bentley, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Bentley, a hamlet in Shustoke parish, Warwickshire, 3 miles SW of Atherstone, which is the post town. Population, 235. It includes Bentley Park, and forms a chapelry annexed to the vicarage of Shustoke. The church was built in 1837, and has an embattled tower.
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 | Shustock | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Atherstone |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Bentley:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1837-1967 | 1837-1872 | 1838-1987 |
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 Bentley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bentley 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.