Bishopton, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Bishopton, a hamlet and a chapelry in Old Stratford parish, Warwickshire. The hamlet lies adjacent to the Stratford and Avon Canal, 1½ mile NW of Stratford-on-Avon. The chapelry is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £20 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Stratford. The church is a small modern edifice.
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 | Old Stratford | |
| Hundred | Barlichway |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Bishopton Chapelry:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1590-1749 1843-1966 | 1590-1749 1845-1944 | 1590-1749 1844-1965 |
Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk
See Stratford-on-Avon for the gap in registers.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bishopton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bishopston)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bishopton 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.