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|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
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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.
  
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
  
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
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'''County town:''' Warwick
  
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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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==Register Office Contact Details==
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'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
  
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=====Atherstone Register Office=====
 
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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Atherstone<br>
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| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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CV9 1JP<br>
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[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]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy] 
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
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'''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]
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
  
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=====Nuneaton Register Office=====
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
 
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The Register Office<br>
 
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Riversley Park, <br>
 
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Coton Road<br>
 
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Nuneaton<br>
 
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CV11 5HA<br>
 
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Tel 02476 348948
 
  
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=====Rugby=====
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*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
 
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
 
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Rugby<br>
 
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CV21 3DS<br>
 
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Tel 01788 571233
 
  
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=====Warwick=====
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*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
 
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Pageant House<br>
 
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2 Jury Street<br>
 
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Warwick<br>
 
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CV34 4EW<br>
 
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Tel 01926 494269
 
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]  
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
  
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
  
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*Nuneaton:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]  
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*Shirley:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
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*South Birmingham:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
  
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==Links==
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice County Record Office]  
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*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
  
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E  Warwickshire BMD]  
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*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]  
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
  
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS]  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
  
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
  
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton FHS]  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868]
  
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
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*[http://www.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
  
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]  
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]  
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands History Society]
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
  
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
  
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'''OPC'''
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks]
 
  
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'''Archives'''
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire surnames A-L]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire surnames N-Z]
 
  
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire genealogy] Includes some transcribed census pages, links to Online Parish Clerks and useful snippets such as the 1820 voters list, baptisms, marriages, war memorials etc.
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*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]  
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*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]  
  
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon] Police Charge Books, Cemetery Burials Register, Stratford Union Workhouse, Stratford Borough Workhouse, 1765 Smallpox Census
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
 
  
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll books & census]
 
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Holden's Triennial Directory for Coventry, 1805]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns ]
 
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
  
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'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses]
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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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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900] Online database of inmates in Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900. Also includes some cases relating to Birmingham and Coventry. Includes details of the crime and of victims.
 
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
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Atherstone<br>
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CV9 1JP<br>
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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The Register Office<br>
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Riversley Park, <br>
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Coton Road<br>
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Nuneaton<br>
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CV11 5HA<br>
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Tel 02476 348948
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'''Rugby'''
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
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Rugby<br>
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CV21 3DS<br>
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Tel 01788 571233
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
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'''Warwick'''
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
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Pageant House<br>
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2 Jury Street<br>
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Warwick<br>
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CV34 4EW<br>
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Tel 01926 494269
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10warw361/10warw361gazA.htm Town and Village Maps]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
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'''Countywide interest'''  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
 
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/Birmingham History Webring]
 
  
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr] Lots of photos and name indexes here for this area - someone has taken a lot of time on this - be sure to scroll through and use the name indexes.
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/history.htmThe Nuneaton Society]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html 1836 Inhabitants of Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire]
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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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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
 
  
  
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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.

County town: Warwick


Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull


Warwickshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

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.


Back to England

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