Duddeston cum Nechells, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Duddeston-Cum-Nechells, is a hamlet, a sub-district, and two chapelries in Aston parish and district, Warwickshire. It lies on the line of the Northwestern railway. The chapelries are Duddeston and Nechells, or St. Matthew and St. Clement; and the former was constituted in 1842, the latter in 1860.

Duddeston cum Nechells is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1842 from Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Nechells.

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.

See West Midlands BMD

Church records
Duddeston cum Nechells 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.

Poor Law Unions
Aston Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

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