Whatcote, Warwickshire Genealogy

England Warwickshire England Warwickshire Parishes

Guide to Whatcote, Warwickshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions }}
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 * Type = Ancient Parish
 * County = Warwickshire
 * Hundred = Kington
 * Poor Law Union = Shipston on Stour
 * Registration District = Shipston on Stour
 * PRbegin = 1571
 * BTbegin = 1611
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Worcester
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 * Rural Deanery = Kineton
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 * Probate Court = Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
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 * Archive = Warwickshire County Record Office

Parish History
WHATCOTT (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4¼ miles (N. E.) from Shipston.

WHATCOTE, a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick: 9½ miles SE of Stratford-on-Avon r. station. Post town, Shipston-on-Stour.

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. Another site is the West Midlands BMD which comprises parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, &amp; Staffordshire.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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.

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