Henley in Arden, Warwickshire Genealogy

Guide to Henley in Arden, Warwickshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HENLEY-IN-ARDEN, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of Wootton-Wawen, union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, 10 miles (W. by N.) from Warwick, and 101 (N. W. by W.) from London. The town is pleasantly situated, near the confluence of the rivers Arrow, and Allen or Alne, and consists principally of one spacious street, extending for nearly a mile along the road from London, through Oxford, to Birmingham.

Henley in Arden is an Ecclesiastical Parish and a market town in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1747 from Wootton Wawen Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Whitley. Genuki.org.ukhas additional information on this parish.

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Church of England
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 * Joiner Marriage Index - Warwickshire ($)
 * Genealogist Parish Registers - Warwickshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * Ancestry Collection Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 ($)

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

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.

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