Lower Eatington, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Lower Eatington or Ettington, is a parish is the south-west of Warwickshire. The River Stour forms its south-western boundary. The River Dene forms the boundary on the north-east, and Wagtail Brook is on the south-east side. The Fosse Road runs through the parish, and branches from it lead to the hamlet of Fullready. The Society of Friends have long been established in this parish. The Congregational Church dated from July 1800. There is also a Methodist Church, which was erected in 1836.

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
Lower Eatington 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain