Catthorpe Genealogical Records
Catthorpe Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Catthorpe Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript recording marriages solemnised at Catthorpe between 1573 and 1836. Details may include residence, marital status and witnesses.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1651 and 1670.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Transcriptions of marriage registers for around half the parishes in Leicestershire. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details. Also included are transcripts of records that detail intentions to marry.
Catthorpe Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
An index to deaths of British Army personal at home and abroad.
Catthorpe Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A survey of landowners in early 12th century Leicestershire.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Catthorpe
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Coventry area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Coventry area.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Coventry district. Includes family announcements.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Leamington Spa area.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Coventry area.
Catthorpe Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
A calendar to wills and admons granted by the Archdeaconry of Leicester. Contains year of the grant, name and residence.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
Catthorpe Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Catthorpe Military Records
A history of the firth's WWI movements and campaigns.
Profiles and photos of memorials in the county. Names from the monuments have been transcribed.
Brief details of 13,680 of the counties' men who lost their lives in WWI.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Leicestershire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Leicestershire, with some service details.
Catthorpe Court & Legal Records
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.
Catthorpe Taxation Records
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Catthorpe Land & Property Records
A survey of landowners in early 12th century Leicestershire.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
Catthorpe Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Leicestershire & Rutland detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A directory of settlements in Leicestershire detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Catthorpe Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Leicestershire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Catthorpe Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Catthorpe Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Profiles of parish churches in the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. Richly illustrated with professional-grade photographs.
Photographs and images of churches in Leicestershire.
A short dictionary of agricultural terms used in the counties of Leicester and Rutland.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Catthorpe School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Catthorpe Occupation & Business Records
A short history of those who transported goods in part of Leicestershire.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the Midlands region of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Catthorpe
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Catthorpe Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Leicestershire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Catthorpe Church Records
Profiles of parish churches in the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. Richly illustrated with professional-grade photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Biographical Directories Covering Catthorpe
Biographies, including some portraits, of Leicestershire men and women who agitated for political reform.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Catthorpe Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Catthorpe Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Catthorpe, a village situated on the side of a gentle eminence, and commanding a view of a pleasant valley, through which the river Avon winds its course. Over this river, about three quarters of a mile south-west of the village, is Dove-bridge, situated near the Tripontium of Antoninus. This bridge is described by Dr. Stukeley as being "placed in a sweet little valley, with the sides pretty steep. — The stream here divides into two, with a bridge over each; upon one a stone inscription, very laconic, shewing the three counties that repair it. —Hard by antiquities have been found, both at Cat-thorpe and Lilburn: one on the north, the other on the south side of the river; so that the Roman city stood on both sides." There are several vestiges of encampments, both on the Northamptonshire and Leicestershire sides of the river; and the Roman road passed through the middle of an encampment, which Mr. Ireland says, "was indisputably the Roman station mentioned by Antoninus, in his journey from London to Lincoln, under the denomination of Tripontium. The circular tumulus, called by different writers the Praetorium Auguale, or Augustale, is sixty feet in height, having its base formed by a rampart or vallum, washed on the north side by the river Avon. This elevated spot, which commands a view of the whole encampment, was allotted to the general, the superior officers, and young men of rank who served as volunteers. On the eastern side of the praetorium, and adjoining to it, is the upper camp, the north side of which is in like manner washed by the Avon. The northern side of the praetorium, with that of the upper camp, form one line, 276 feet inlength. —The inner vallum or agger of the middle camp, is only 29 feet in height being defended by the river." To the south of this encampment, there is another of larger dimensions, which is separated from the former by a foss. Its southernmost outer vallum is about 260 feet in length, and the height of the inner vallum is 57 feet. A considerable part of this station is in Northamptonshire.
CATTHORPE, the most southern and western parish in the county of Leicester, is a parish on the borders of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire at a point near Dovebridge on the Watling Street road, half a mile north-west from Lilbourn station on the Rugby and Stamford branch of the London and North Western railway, 5 south from Lutterworth and 4 east-north-east from Rugby, in the Southern division of the county, Guthlaxton hundred, Lutterworth union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Guthlaxton (second portion), archdeaconry of Leicester and diocese of Peterborough. The church of St. Thomas is a small building of stone erected about the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century, and is chiefly in the Early English and Decorated styles, with some portions of Perpendicular date and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower containing 3 bells, all dated 1770: the organ was presented by Mrs. Cross, of Catthorpe Towers in 1886 and in 1897 a memorial window was placed in the south side to the Cross family: the communion plate includes a chalice dated 1569: the church was restored and reseated in 1886 at a cost of over £1,200, and affords 125 sittings. The register dates from 1573 and has been re-copied; and the church also possesses a copy in black letter of the Paraphrase of Erasmus on the New Testament. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £290, with 14 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of and held since 1895 by the Rev. John Bellingham Swann, Assoc, of King’s College, London. When the commons were inclosed in 1655, 14 acres of land were set aside for the poor. Dovebridge or Dowbridge, on the river Avon and Watling Street, is the supposed site of the Roman station Tripontium. Catthorpe Towers is the residence of James Percival Cross esq. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots; and the land is rich in pasturage. The area is 625 acres; rateable value, £1,449; the population in 1891 was 160.
The children of this place attend the schools at Shawell & Swinford.
Most Common Surnames in Catthorpe
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Guthlaxton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robinson | 35 | 1:4 | 3.23% | 20 |
| 2 | Bird | 7 | 1:19 | 1.23% | 69 |
| 2 | Drake | 7 | 1:19 | 13.46% | 1,062 |
| 2 | Holme | 7 | 1:19 | 63.64% | 3,039 |
| 2 | Langham | 7 | 1:19 | 3.91% | 336 |
| 6 | Halford | 6 | 1:23 | 2.38% | 215 |
| 7 | Morrice | 5 | 1:27 | 100.00% | 5,064 |
| 8 | Morris | 4 | 1:34 | 0.60% | 51 |
| 8 | Fowkes | 4 | 1:34 | 1.56% | 210 |
| 8 | Hattsfeild | 4 | 1:34 | 100.00% | 5,775 |
| 8 | Hibwell | 4 | 1:34 | 100.00% | 5,775 |
| 12 | Williams | 3 | 1:45 | 0.57% | 86 |
| 12 | Satchell | 3 | 1:45 | 15.79% | 2,118 |
| 12 | Bree | 3 | 1:45 | 27.27% | 3,039 |
| 15 | Ross | 2 | 1:68 | 0.89% | 254 |
| 15 | Walton | 2 | 1:68 | 0.65% | 176 |
| 15 | Packwood | 2 | 1:68 | 4.44% | 1,204 |
| 15 | Mattingley | 2 | 1:68 | 40.00% | 5,064 |
| 19 | Smith | 1 | 1:136 | 0.01% | 1 |
| 19 | Wilson | 1 | 1:136 | 0.11% | 34 |
| 19 | Cooper | 1 | 1:136 | 0.07% | 11 |
| 19 | Bell | 1 | 1:136 | 0.30% | 164 |
| 19 | Campbell | 1 | 1:136 | 3.33% | 1,617 |
| 19 | Foster | 1 | 1:136 | 0.19% | 87 |
| 19 | Hart | 1 | 1:136 | 0.24% | 115 |
| 19 | Francis | 1 | 1:136 | 2.04% | 1,117 |
| 19 | Morton | 1 | 1:136 | 0.83% | 499 |
| 19 | Blake | 1 | 1:136 | 1.20% | 710 |
| 19 | Smart | 1 | 1:136 | 0.24% | 118 |
| 19 | Ingram | 1 | 1:136 | 1.09% | 646 |
| 19 | Grey | 1 | 1:136 | 3.70% | 1,741 |
| 19 | Stafford | 1 | 1:136 | 0.38% | 207 |
| 19 | Billing | 1 | 1:136 | 2.27% | 1,228 |
| 19 | Sturgeon | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |
| 19 | Sear | 1 | 1:136 | 7.69% | 2,745 |
| 19 | Burbidge | 1 | 1:136 | 1.10% | 650 |
| 19 | Hatherell | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |
| 19 | Tanser | 1 | 1:136 | 1.85% | 1,025 |
| 19 | Loydall | 1 | 1:136 | 3.70% | 1,741 |
| 19 | Aymes | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |
| 19 | Selbey | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |
| 19 | Jenaway | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |
| 19 | Metternich | 1 | 1:136 | 100.00% | 8,942 |