GRANDBOROUGH

Situated on the eastern boundary of the county, the village lies about six miles due south of Rugby. Woolscott, Calcutt and Walcote are hamlets.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Rugby

ADJOINING PARISHES: Bilton, Barby in Northamptonshire, Willoughby, Wolfhampcote, Lower Shuckborough, Napton-on-the-Hill, Stockton, Leamington Hastings, Dunchurch.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1581-1982 Marriages: 1581-1983 Burials: 1581-1982 Banns 1895-1959 WAR
C Burials: 1581-1982 Marriages: 1581-1837 Banns 1824-1959 SoG

Bishop's Transcripts : 1662-1844 LIC Begin c1833 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1744-1885, Marriages: 1754-1844. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Marriages: 1754-1926 IHGS C Burials: 1581-1982 Marriages: 1581-1837 Banns 1824-1959 SoG

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

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1861 BIR
1851 vVI (RR) , SoG
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1754-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: (with Walcott) 1609 BIR
Court Roll 1814 WAR

DEEDS: (Woolscot) 1748-1749, 1855, 1859

OTHER SOURCES: Plan of property of late Colonel Mallory 1830.
Plan of John Harvey's estates, Woolscott 1735.
See also Sitwell of Leamington Hastings. Grandborough, A problem in Topography War. Hist.Vol.1 No.4.
New Agricultural Landscapes, a report published by the Countryside Commission in 1974 chose Grandborough as an area of special study.
W.I. Scrapbook 1965.


[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]