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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle. | The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle. | ||
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'''Primary Reference''' | '''Primary Reference''' | ||
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office'''] | *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office'''] | ||
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre] | *[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives] | ||
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD] | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD] | ||
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange] | *[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange] | ||
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire] | *[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire] | ||
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | ||
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*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society] | *[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society] | ||
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group] | *[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882] | ||
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry] | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry] | ||
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases] | *[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases] | ||
| − | *http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham] | + | *[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham] |
*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum] | *[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum] | ||
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836] | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836] | ||
| − | *[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] | + | *[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] |
*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS] | *[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS] | ||
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past] | *[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market] | ||
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory] | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory] | ||
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood] | *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood] | ||
| − | *[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood | + | *[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview] |
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors] | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton] | ||
*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill] | *[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill] | ||
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society] | *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society] | ||
| − | *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers | + | *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School] |
*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle] | *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle] | ||
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People] | *[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People] | ||
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'''Maps and Photographs''' | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area] | ||
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| + | *[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios] | |
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD] | *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD] | ||
| − | * [http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web] | + | *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web] |
There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton. | There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton. | ||
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| − | ==Record Office Lookup Requests== | + | ==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests== |
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | ||
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts''' | '''Cemetery Lookup Contacts''' | ||
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==Photo Offers== | ==Photo Offers== | ||
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries. | Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries. | ||
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Back to [[England]] | Back to [[England]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:28, 16 May 2023
| Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill. The county's industries are engineering and textile production. The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle. |
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County town: Warwick
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Resources
Primary Reference
Countywide Interest
Specific Town and Village Interest
Maps and Photographs
Register Office
There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton.
Atherstone Register Office
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
First Floor, Warwick House,
Ratcliffe Street,
Atherstone
CV9 1JP
Tel 01827 713241
Nuneaton Register Office
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
The Register Office
Riversley Park,
Coton Road
Nuneaton
CV11 5HA
Tel 02476 348948
Rugby
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire East Registration District
5 Bloxam Place
Rugby
CV21 3DS
Tel 01788 571233
Warwick
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire South Registration District
Pageant House
2 Jury Street
Warwick
CV34 4EW
Tel 01926 494269
Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
Photo Offers
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
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