BAXTERLEY

Baxterley became a mining village after the opening of Baddesley Ensor Colliery. It lies about six miles north west of Nuneaton and four miles south west of Atherstone. Baxterley Old Hall is to the south of the village.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Hemlingford. UNION: Atherstone

ADJOINING PARISHES: Baddesley Ensor, Merevale, Bentley, Kingsbury.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1542-1598 1673-1899 Marriages: 1542-1598 1673-1836

Burials: 1542-1598 1673-1812 Banns 1755-1812 1825-1941

Bishop's Transcripts : 1542-1846 (gaps) LIC (An unusual example of a 16th century starting date.)

IGI: Christenings: 1654-1875, Marriages: 1654-1866. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: MB 1654-1674 WAR , MB 1662-1674 SoG

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS Parish Church BMSGH.m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851 vXII (RR) , SoG
1881 BIR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1674-1837
Marriage 1755-1837

OTHER SOURCES: Extracts from Atherstone Herald relating to explosion at Baxterley Colliery, May 1882.


[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]