Ashow, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Ashow The Assumption of Our Lady is a 12th century church and Ancient parish in the small village and civil parish of Ashow, which is close to neighbouring Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Ashow is a parish in the district and county of Warwick; it is on the river Avon, and adjacent to Stoneleigh, near the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles ESE of Kenilworth. The post office is under Kenilworth.

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Information about the parish may be found on Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks. Records are also available at the Warwickshire County Record Office.

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