Whitley, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Whitley, a village in Coventry St Michael parish, Warwickshire, 2 miles SSE of Coventry. Whitley Abbey, the seat of Viscount Hood, is a handsome mansion dating from the time of Elizabeth, but enlarged and partially rebuilt in 1812.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Whitley:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1943-1975 | 1960-1975 |
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Whitley 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.