Long Lawford, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Lawford, Long, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Newbold-upon-Avon parish, Warwickshire. The village stands near the river Avon, 3½ miles N by W of Rugby, and has a post office under Rugby; money order and telegraph office, Rugby. Acreage of the township, 1715; population, 752. There are limeworks. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Newbold-upon-Avon, in the diocese of Worcester. The church was built in 1839, and is in the Pointed style. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Newbold upon Avon | |
| Hundred | Knightlow | |
| Poor Law union | Rugby |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Long Lawford:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1945-1987 | 1948-1976 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Long Lawford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Lawford, Long)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Long Lawford 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.