RADFORD SEMELE

The village, less than two miles south east of Leamington, is strung out along the main road from Warwick and Leamington to Southam, Daventry and Northampton. It is now virtually part of Leamington Spa. It is named after a Norman family from Semilly, lords of the manor until the reign of Henry 1. The rebuilding of the church in 1889 has left little of the original fourteenth century structure.

DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Warwick

ADJOINING PARISHES: Leamington Priors (Spa), Lillington, Offchurch, Ufton, Harbury, Whitnash.

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1565-1919 Marriages: 1565-1974 Burials: 1565-1891 Banns 1754-1778

Bishop's Transcripts : 1662-1846 LIC Begin c1833 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1565-1885, Marriages: 1565-1895. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

REGISTER COPIES: Christenings: 1565-1864 Marriages: 1565-1967 Burials: 1565-1741, 1743-1891 Banns 1754-1778 SoG

NONCONFORMIST: Quaker: see Source Material

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS; St.Nicholas BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR

PROBATE RECORDS: LIC Copies of wills and inventories 1533-1650 WAR
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CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851 BIR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1743-1801 Marriage 1754-1835
Poor Law c1690-1860

MANORIAL RECORDS: 1483-1492 STR
Court Rolls, Suit Rolls, Surrenders etc 1532-1678 WAR
Deeds and Manorial records 15th-19th centuries, WAR

OTHER SOURCES: A Short History of the Parish of Radford Semele, Rev.L.Parsons,
1975 Ward collection drawings.

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]