DIOCESE: Lichfield. HUNDRED: Knightlow. UNION: Southam
ADJOINING PARISHES: Long Itchington, Stockton, Napton-on-the-Hill, Ladbroke, Harbury, >Ufton.
Parish Registers: Christenings: 1539-1967 Marriages: 1539-1921 Burials: 1539-1924 Banns 1777-1946
Bishop's Transcripts : 1662-1840 LIC Begin c1833 WOR
IGI: Christenings: 1539-1885, Marriages: 1539-1652 & 1658-1895: widely available BMSGH(PS)
REGISTER COPIES: Christenings: 1539-1809, 1874-1914 Marriages: 1539-1812, Marriages: 1874-1924
Burials: 1539-1808, 1874-1924 Banns 1777-1802,1823-1877
SoG
CMB 1539-1809
BIR
Christenings: 1539-1606, Marriages: 1539-1630,
Burials: 1539-1601 printed in Historical Notices, see under Other Sources.
NONCONFORMIST: Roman Catholic: see Source Material and
C, M & R Vol.2
Quaker: see Source Material
Congregational:
Z 1844-1853,1873-1916 Burials: 1871-1874
M Christenings:
1832-1835,1840-1925.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: St. James BMSGH m/fiche , WAR , SoG , BIR
PROBATE RECORDS: LIC
CENSUS RETURNS: All
WAR
1821 Householders named with household numbers
WAR ,
SoG
1851
BIR ,
SoG
1851 BMSGH SI v.14
SoG ,
BIR
c1860 Householders named with household numbers
WAR
1881
BCP :
BMSGH(PS)
INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1656-1723 & 1729-1837
Poor Law c1690-1860
Pre-1841 census
DEEDS: Charity deeds from 1658; deeds and conveyances preserved in the church chest relating to houses and lands in the town and fields of Southam from 1360-1567. Notebook 1831-54, accounts etc., deeds relating to Berry Orchard and elsewhere 18th century to 1862.
OTHER SOURCES: Chamberlayne, Estate papers 1524, 1652-1885.
Horn
1705-1845.
Maps, Thelluson estate 1819.
Historical Notices and
recollections relating to the parish of Southam, with parochial
registers from 1539-1630 etc. W.L.Smith.
Southam through the
Centuries, B.Townsend.
History of Southam and District (in 6
parts) Ts. 1945.
Ward collection drawings.