Brailes, Warwickshire Genealogy

England WarwickshireWarwickshire Parishes

Parish History
Brailes (St. George), is a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, and in Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S division of the county of Warwick, it is 4 miles E S from Shipston; it contains the hamlets of Chelmscote and Winderton. The Society of Friends and the Roman Catholics have places of worship here.

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.

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