Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire Genealogy

England   Warwickshire  Warwickshire Parishes

Parish History
Baddesley Clinton St Michael is an Ancient Parish in Warwickshire.

In 1438, John Brome, the Under-Treasurer of England, bought the manor. It then passed to his son, Nicholas, responsible for the extensive rebuilding of the parish church dedicated to St. Michael, done as penance for killing the parish priest, a murder reputed to have taken place in the manor house nearby. The parish church was once called  St. James)  west tower was built about 1500 by Nicholas Brome, as recorded by an inscription on the south wall. It was entirely rebuilt in 1634 by Edward Ferrers.

Baddesley-Clinton, is a parish in Solihull district, Warwickshire; it is on the Warwick and Birmingham railway, at Kingswood station, 8½ miles NW of Warwick. The post town is, Rowing ton under Warwick. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bishop's Transcripts deposited at the Lichfield Record Office Bap 1813-1835 Marr 1813-1835 Bur 1813-1835


 * 1535 - 1984 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Poor Law Unions
Solihull Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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