Baxterley, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Baxterley, is a parish in Atherstone district, Warwickshire; it is 2 miles ENE of Kingsbury railway station, and 3½ miles W S of Atherstone. The post office, Kingsbury, under Tamworth. Baxterley is an Ancient Parish although the church is situated in nearby Wood End The church has no dedicatory name.

This small grade II listed parish church is of square plan.The windows in the 12th–century chancel are small. The church has been extended in the 13th, 14th and 19th–centuries. The font is 15th–century.

The church dates from Norman Times and was built around 1200 AD with additions built throughout its life. The foundations of the nave Date from the 14th century. The base of the small tower was built around 1540 but the top section is early 17th century. The church was extensively rebuilt c. 1875 by Paull and Bickerdike.

Hugh Latimer, The Bishop of Oxford preached a sermon at Baxterley Church on Christmas Day 1552. his niece, Mary Glover lived in Mancetter, nearby.

A 13th century wooden crozier head was found embedded in the wall in 1958.

The parish is part of a united group including Kingsbury, Warwickshire, Merevale, Hurley and Wood End, within Polesworth deanery and Aston Arch Deanery.

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
Baxterley 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain