Coundon or Counden, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Coundon or Counden, a township in Holy Trinity parish (Coventry), Warwickshire, 1¼ mile NW of Coventry. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R., of the name of Coundon Road. Acreage, 1051; population, 298. The manor was granted by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to Coventry monastery. Coundon is united with the hamlet of Keresley to form the ecclesiastical parish of Keresley and Coundon. See KERESLEY.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Coundon or Counden from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Coundon)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.