BARTON-ON-THE-HEATH

This is a small parish two miles from Long Compton to the west of the main Stratford to Oxford road about twelve miles from Stratford. The village is mentioned by Shakespeare in The Taming of the Shrew.

DIOCESE: Worcester. HUNDRED: Kington. UNION: Chipping Norton

ADJOINING PARISHES: Great Wolford, Long Compton, Little Compton.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1575-1979 Marriages: 1577-1975 Burials: 1580-1978 Banns 1810-1875

Bishop's Transcripts : Begin 1612 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1575-1877, Marriages: 1577-1879. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Marriages: 1577-1810 PHIL 3 SoG , BIR , WAR
Christenings: 1575-1812 Marriages: 1577-1836 Burials: 1580-1809 SoG
Marriages: 1651-1675 BOYD MISC , SoG

NONCONFORMIST: Roman Catholic: see Source Material and C,M&R Vol.2

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Church and Yard to 1890s STR .
St.Lawrence BMSGH.m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: WOR

CENSUS RETURNS: 1841,1881,1891 WAR
1881 BIR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1577-1810, 1813-1837
Pallot 1790-1812
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: 1763-1813 STR

OTHER SOURCES:
Barton on the Heath researchers page
LDS Film Numbers


[Last updated: 18th March 2013]