Wilnecote, Warwickshire

Historical Description

Wilnecote, a township in Tamworth parish, and an ecclesiastical parish partly also in Polesworth parish, Warwickshire. The township lies on Watling Street, 2½ miles SE of Tamworth, and has a station (Wilnecote and Fazeley) on the Derby and Birmingham section of the M.R., and a post and money order office under Tamworth; telegraph office, Fazeley Acreage, 1058; population, 2351. There is a parish council for Wilnecote and Castle Liberty consisting of nine members. There are clay mines and a large colliery, and bricks, tiles, and pottery are manufactured. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1856. Population, 2933. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £195, Patron, the Vicar of Tamworth. The church was rebuilt in 1821. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and a cemetery.

Administration

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wilnecote from the following:

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

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.