Headless Cross, Warwickshire Genealogy

Guide to Headless Cross, Warwickshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Headless Cross is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Warwickshire, created in 1850 from Ipsley Ancient Parish which is partly in Worcestershire and partly in Warwickshire. It was once a village in its own right.

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * 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)

Census Records
As this parish was part of Ipsley parish in Warwickshire and Feckenham parish in Worcesterhire, the census locations could be either for 1841 and possibly 1851. The census returns for Ipsley begin with film number 464168 and for Feckenham begin with film number 464208. If your ancestors were from this area, it is advisable to use the online indexes below because of being in both of these parishes at one time.


 * FamilySearch now has all of the British Censuses available.
 * FindMyPast ($) free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and other libraries
 * Ancestry.co.uk($) free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and other libraries as AncestryInstitution.com.
 * The Genealogist.co.uk ($) free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries
 * FreeCen is a UK census search site. It is incomplete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

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