Witton, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Witton, a hamlet in Aston parish, Warwickshire, on the river Tame, 3 miles N of Birmingham. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Birmingham. The Birmingham borough cemetery was opened here in 1863, and has two mortuary chapels with lofty spires. The large ammunition works of Messrs Kynoch & Co. are here. There is an unsectarian mission hall.
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 | Aston | |
| Hundred | Hemlingford | |
| Poor Law union | Aston |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Witton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Witton, Upper)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Witton 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.