DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Hemlingford. UNION: Meriden
ADJOINING PARISHES: Fillongley, Astley, Exhall (Near Coventry), Coventry, Allesley.
Parish Registers: Christenings: 1540-1942 Marriages: 1540-1973 Burials: 1540-1932 Banns 1804-1820
Bishop's Transcripts : 1660-1844 LIC Begin c1858 WOR
IGI: Christenings: 1540-1586 & 1685-1877, Marriages: 1541-1837. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)
REGISTER COPIES: CMB 1573-1589 STR MB 1662-1674
WAR
CMB 1653-1686 Christenings: 1876-1942 Marriages: 1838-1948 Burials: 1888-1932
SoG
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: St.Mary BMSGH.m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR
PROBATE RECORDS: LIC
CENSUS
RETURNS: All
WAR
1851 81
BIR 1861
COV .
1851 vX
(RR) ,
SoG
1881
BCP ,
BMSGH(PS)
INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837 Marriage 1754-1837 Poor Law c.1690-1860
MANORIAL RECORDS: 1748 also from 1896.
OTHER SOURCES: Oughton family 16th and 17th century wills.
Daybooks and accounts, G and A. Tuft, blacksmith.
The history of
Corley and its parish church, I.Carr-Gregg, 1952.
The Gregory of
Stivichal collection
STR
contains Overseers' accounts 1810-1819, Wills, Mary Tallis 1637,
Henry Davy 1665, Richard Jackson 1723, Henry Barnett 1781, William
Hawkesford (extracts) 1859.
W.I. Scrapbook 1965.