OVER WHITACRE

This is a small parish three and a half miles north east of Coleshill; little remains of the old village. The church occupies a prominent hill-top position. Furnace End is a hamlet.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Hemlingford. UNION: Meriden

ADJOINING PARISHES: Nether Whitacre, Bentley, Ansley, Arley, Fillongley, Shustoke.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1567-1910 Marriages: 1561-1983 Burials: 1561-1953 Banns 1824-1916

Bishop's Transcripts : 1673-1848 LIC 1845-1848 WAR

IGI: Christenings: 1567-1599 & 1653-1875, Marriages: 1561-1597 & 1655-1836. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Transcript of first register 1653-1787 Christenings: 1653-1910,

Marriages: 1653-1787, 1815-36, Burials: 1653-1953. Banns 1824-1916 WAR
CM Burials: 1568-1624 (fragments) Christenings: 1653-1910 Marriages: 1653-1787,1815-1836 Burials: 1653-1953 Banns 1824-1916 SoG

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

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851-81 BIR
1851 vII (RR) , SoG
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1754-1812 & 1815-1836

MANORIAL RECORDS: See Nether Whitacre.

OTHER SOURCES: Survey of Richard Sadler's estate.
Weston of Over Whitacre, deeds and estate papers 1647-1952.
Accounts of village blacksmith 1826-1829.
Town Book, 1666-1703 with lists of parish officers.

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]