AUSTREY

This parish is sometimes spelt 'Alestry'. It is situated six miles north east of Tamworth adjacent to the Leicestershire border. The church spire was made in the thirteenth century. There is a roadside cross before the thatched Bird in Hand Inn.

DIOCESE: Lichfield HUNDRED: Hemlingford UNION: Tamworth

ADJOINING PARISHES: Newton Regis, Appleby, Norton Juxta Twycross, Orton on the Hill (these last three in Leicestershire), Polesworth

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1558-1905 Marriages: 1558-1983 Burials: 1558-1957 (Note: the early part of the first register to 1717 is very well kept, the parish of one or both parties married being given and often of unmarried persons buried, also occupations).

Bishop's Transcripts : 1674-1832 LIC

IGI: Christenings: 1558-1875 Marriages: 1558-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: CMB 1558-1947 BIR , CMB 1558-1809 SoG
CMB 1558-1900 Banns 1824-1900 WAR

NONCONFORMIST: Baptist: Marriages: 1982-1988.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: St. Nicholas BMSGH.m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC Wills and Administrations of Austrey; transcripts from the Lichfield Diocesan Record Office and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1542-1800 BIR

CENSUS RETURNS:. 1841,1851,1891 WAR
1821 Householders named with household numbers WAR
1881 BCP BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES See Appendix II
Burial 1726-1837 Marriage 1717-1837 Poor Law c1690-1860 Pre-1841 CENSUS

OTHER SOURCES: Poor Law and the Parish, D. Pratt (relates to Austrey: mainly a study of its population).
Spencer, deeds, leases etc.,1590-1812.

[ Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]