Coventry St Thomas, Warwickshire Genealogy

England   Warwickshire

Parish History
Coventry St Thomas Albany Road Coventry was an ecclesiastical parish.

The church was designed by the Lancaster architects Sharpe and Paley, and was built in 1848–49. Its architectural style was Decorated, and its plan consisted of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with vestries, a north porch, and a northwest bell turret.

The church was redundant by the 1970's and was demolished in 1976. It was designated Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

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
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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