Bickenhill, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Bickenhill, is a parish in Meriden district, Warwickshire; it is on the Northwestern railway and the Warwick canal, 2 miles NW of Hampton-Junction railway station, and 8 miles SE of Birmingham. It comprises Church, Middle, Lyndon, and Marston quarters. The post office is under Birmingham.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bishop's Transcripts deposited at the Lichfield Record Office Bap 1671-1844 Marr 1671-1844 Bur 1671-1844


 * 1535 - 1984 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain