Ward End, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Ward End, an ecclesiastical parish in Aston parish, Warwickshire. It is included in the city of Birmingham, and has a post office under Birmingham; money order office, Washwood Heath; telegraph office, Saltley. It was constituted in 1870, and includes Little Bromwich hamlet. Population, 1116. Ward End Hall and Ward End House are the chief residences. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Worcester; net, value, £139 with residence. Patron, the Aston Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1835.

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 Ward End from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Ward End 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:

• Leamington Spa Courier

Visitations Heraldic

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