Austrey Genealogical Records
Austrey 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.
Original images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Digital images of baptism registers that can be searched by name. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. They may also list where the parents lived, their occupations and occasionally other details.
A collection of records documenting the birth and maintenance of illegitimate children.
An index to over 240,000 baptism records from Warwickshire churches. Entries include name, gender, date of birth and/or baptism, church and parents' names.
Austrey 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.
Original images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Digital images of marriage registers that can be searched by name. They contain written records of marriages and typically record the name of the bride and groom and date of marriage. They may also record occupations, residences, fathers' names, witnesses and other information about the marriage.
An index to around 220,000 marriage records kept by Warwickshire churches. Entries list the name of the bride and groom, their: ages and marital statuses; and date and place of marriage.
An index to over 1 million baptisms, marriages and burials recorded by Anglican churches in Warwickshire.
Austrey 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.
Burial records covering those buried at St Nicholas, Austrey_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Original images of burial registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Digital images of burial registers that can be searched by name. They contain records of burials, which typically occur a few days after death, and record the name of the deceased and date of death and/or burial. They may also list where the deceased lived, their age, names of relations, occupation and occasionally other details.
An index to over 1 million baptisms, marriages and burials recorded by Anglican churches in Warwickshire.
Austrey 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 transcription of records that record households, occupations, age, place of birth and relations.
A transcription of records that record households, occupations, age, place of birth and relations.
A transcription of records that record households, occupations and rough ages.
Newspapers Covering Austrey
Regional news, notices of births, marriages and deaths, business notices, details on the proceedings of public institutions, adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Birmingham district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
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.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Lichfield district. Includes family announcements.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Tamworth district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Birmingham district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
Austrey 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 probates and administrations granted by the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. Contains the deceased's name, occupation, residence and whether the grant was for probate or administration. Also lists which records contain an inventory.
An index to probates and administrations granted by the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. Contains the deceased's name, occupation, residence.
An index to wills, administrations and inventories proved by the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Copies of wills can be ordered or viewed at the record office in Lichfield.
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.
Austrey 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.
Austrey Military Records
A collection of documents primarily composed of certificates verifying a man’s service, account statements related to reimbursements to his family for his service, notices of commissions that were to be printed in a gazette, and documents outlining qualifications to serve as a Deputy Lieutenant.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Warwickshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Warwickshire, with some service details.
A detailed history of the home guard during World War II.
A searchable collection of documents, photographs, paintings and other images relating to the county of Staffordshire.
Austrey Court & Legal Records
Thousands of documents pertaining largely to occupations from one of Warwickshire lower courts. Contains considerable amounts of personal information.
A calendar of records kept by parish churches recording the administration of the poor. These records, can include genealogical details, such as age and place of birth; biographical details and more. The index contains over 80,000 names.
Digital images of records detailing the maintenance of the poor by the Church of England. Also includes rate books, which are useful for genealogists and the study of land ownership.
Digital images of parish records, besides baptism, marriage & burial registers. These records can include genealogical and biographical information that does not occur in registers. The collection includes: account books, vestry books, marriage licences, letters, rate books, orders of removal, churchwarden’s books, rents, constable records, papist estates, parish addresses, deeds, logs, minutes & orders.
An index to orders against men alleged to have fathered illegitimate children.
Austrey Taxation Records
An index linked to original images of over 250,000 land tax assessments. These records can be a useful aid for establishing ancestry among land owning families and their tenants; and are also useful for locating relevant estate records.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Certificates for individuals who paid a tax for the privilege of using hair powder.
Over 1,000 documents listing those taxed for owning or occupying houses with hearths.
A tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by hundred and settlement.
Austrey Land & Property Records
An index linked to original images of over 250,000 land tax assessments. These records can be a useful aid for establishing ancestry among land owning families and their tenants; and are also useful for locating relevant estate records.
Digital images of records detailing the maintenance of the poor by the Church of England. Also includes rate books, which are useful for genealogists and the study of land ownership.
Digital images of parish records, besides baptism, marriage & burial registers. These records can include genealogical and biographical information that does not occur in registers. The collection includes: account books, vestry books, marriage licences, letters, rate books, orders of removal, churchwarden’s books, rents, constable records, papist estates, parish addresses, deeds, logs, minutes & orders.
An alphabetical list of people who owned, rather than leased, land in the county.
Lists of freeholders entitled to vote.
Austrey Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Austrey Cemeteries
An index to over 200,000 gravestones and memorials in the county of Warwickshire.
Photographs and descriptions of Warwickshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to surnames occurring on monuments, such as gravestones, that have been transcribed by the Birmingham and Midlands Society.
Photographs and descriptions of Staffordshire'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.
Austrey 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.
Austrey Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
This database contains digitized copies of historical publications from Warwickshire and Birmingham. Their pages can include biographical details, newsworthy events, member lists, obituaries, court dockets, and other historical tidbits.
Photographs and images of churches in Warwickshire.
High quality photographs of Warwickshire church interiors and exteriors.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Austrey School & Education Records
A searchable collection of documents, photographs, paintings and other images relating to the county of Staffordshire.
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.
Austrey Occupation & Business Records
Almost 200 records documenting members of freemasonic lodges.
Nearly 200 documents relating to people who operated boats on canals running through Warwickshire.
Over 1,500 documents relating to bounties offered to farmers by the government to grow flax.
Over 2,000 documents relating to those employed as gamekeepers in Warwickshire.
Profiles of the county's public houses, including details of their owners and operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Austrey
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Genealogies of Warwickshire families who had the right to bear arms. Illustrations of arms and some biographical details are given.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees of noble and gentry families from the county, including renderings of coats of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Austrey Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Genealogies of Warwickshire families who had the right to bear arms. Illustrations of arms and some biographical details are given.
Photographs and descriptions of Warwickshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees of noble and gentry families from the county, including renderings of coats of arms.
Austrey Church Records
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 as far back as 1821.
Original images of parish registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Digital images of records detailing the maintenance of the poor by the Church of England. Also includes rate books, which are useful for genealogists and the study of land ownership.
Digital images of parish records, besides baptism, marriage & burial registers. These records can include genealogical and biographical information that does not occur in registers. The collection includes: account books, vestry books, marriage licences, letters, rate books, orders of removal, churchwarden’s books, rents, constable records, papist estates, parish addresses, deeds, logs, minutes & orders.
A transcription of registers that record the affairs of the diocese, such as governance, ordination, judicial matters, visitations, confirmations etc.
Biographical Directories Covering Austrey
This database contains digitized copies of historical publications from Warwickshire and Birmingham. Their pages can include biographical details, newsworthy events, member lists, obituaries, court dockets, and other historical tidbits.
A searchable directory of biographies depicting the leading residents of Staffordshire. Contains details on family relations, education, careers, hobbies and associations.
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.
Austrey Maps
A map delineating Church of England parishes in Warwickshire.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A large collection of maps, primarily depicting Stoke and its environs.
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.
Austrey 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
AUSTREY, in Domesday “Aldvlestrey,” is a village and parish on the borders of Leicestershire, 4 miles northeast from Polesworth station, on the Trent Valley section of the London and North-Western railway, 7 north-east from Tamworth, and 7 north from Atherstone, in the Northern division of the county, Tamworth division of the hundred of Hemlingford, Atherstone petty sessional division, union and county court district of Tamworth, rural deanery of Polesworth, archdeaconry of Birmingham and diocese of Worcester. The church of St. Nicholas, given in 55 Henry III. (1270-1) to the monks of Burton by Osbert de Clinton, is a building of stone, in the Gothic styles of the 13th and 14th centuries, consisting of lofty chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and a western tower with a lofty broach spire, containing a clock and 5 bells; in the south aisle is a memorial window to the Rev. Roger Bass, late vicar, placed in 1844: in the following year, besides extensive repairs, the church was renewed at a cost of £2,500, and a new organ furnished at a cost of £200, raised by subscription. Dr. Thomas, in his edition of “Dugdale,” mentions a monument in the church to John, Thomas and Herbert Monk, sons of John Monk esq. of Shenton, Leicestershire (1692-1704), and gives illustrations of many shields of arms of the Beauchamps, Clintons and Staffords, as well as of Wulfric Spot, founder of Burton Abbey, and the families of Hastings and de Valence, at that time in the windows; there are piscinae in the chancel and south aisle, and there is a handsome carved oak tabernacled reredos: there are 340 sittings, from 90 to 100 being unappropriated. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £73, net yearly value £215, including 116 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Bennet Hesketh Williams M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. There is a Baptist chapel, and in the village near the vicarage are the remains of a stone cross of the 15th century, raised on five steps. The charities include Monk’s charity, producing an income of £300, and partly devoted to the apprenticeship of boys belonging to the parishes of Austrey, Whitwick, Measham and Shenton, and Lakin’s charity, amounting to £30 yearly, which sum is divided amongst the poor on the festival of St. Thomas. The principal landowners are Mr. Joseph Corbett, the trustees of the late Mr. Edward Kendall, William Grundy esq. and there are several small freeholders. The soil is various, principally a rich loam; subsoil, red marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 2,097 acres; rateable value, £3,284; the population in 1891 was 306.
National School (mixed), built in 1850 & enlarged in 1888, at the cost of £95, by the Rev. W. H. Dyott, for 70 children, average attendance 44.
Most Common Surnames in Austrey
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hemlingford Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faulkner | 25 | 1:13 | 5.63% | 245 |
| 2 | Smith | 14 | 1:23 | 0.09% | 1 |
| 3 | Grimley | 13 | 1:25 | 6.84% | 632 |
| 4 | Taylor | 12 | 1:27 | 0.19% | 3 |
| 5 | Corbett | 11 | 1:29 | 2.68% | 274 |
| 6 | Brown | 10 | 1:32 | 0.26% | 5 |
| 7 | Wilson | 8 | 1:41 | 0.34% | 27 |
| 7 | Oliver | 8 | 1:41 | 2.13% | 302 |
| 7 | Godfrey | 8 | 1:41 | 2.41% | 349 |
| 10 | Parker | 7 | 1:46 | 0.45% | 44 |
| 10 | Hathaway | 7 | 1:46 | 4.24% | 733 |
| 12 | Thompson | 6 | 1:54 | 0.25% | 24 |
| 12 | Drake | 6 | 1:54 | 7.59% | 1,348 |
| 12 | Rowland | 6 | 1:54 | 9.23% | 1,637 |
| 12 | Joyce | 6 | 1:54 | 2.69% | 538 |
| 12 | Toon | 6 | 1:54 | 8.00% | 1,424 |
| 17 | Thomas | 5 | 1:65 | 0.29% | 38 |
| 17 | King | 5 | 1:65 | 0.30% | 40 |
| 17 | Webster | 5 | 1:65 | 1.06% | 223 |
| 17 | Neale | 5 | 1:65 | 0.62% | 121 |
| 17 | Cope | 5 | 1:65 | 0.80% | 164 |
| 17 | Latham | 5 | 1:65 | 1.39% | 320 |
| 17 | Orton | 5 | 1:65 | 1.07% | 226 |
| 17 | Wale | 5 | 1:65 | 1.75% | 405 |
| 17 | Mousley | 5 | 1:65 | 5.05% | 1,124 |
| 26 | Collins | 4 | 1:81 | 0.28% | 49 |
| 26 | Fletcher | 4 | 1:81 | 0.34% | 67 |
| 26 | Riley | 4 | 1:81 | 0.47% | 114 |
| 26 | Bates | 4 | 1:81 | 0.31% | 61 |
| 26 | Bradford | 4 | 1:81 | 2.02% | 610 |
| 26 | Till | 4 | 1:81 | 4.88% | 1,311 |
| 32 | White | 3 | 1:108 | 0.12% | 22 |
| 32 | Barnes | 3 | 1:108 | 0.40% | 141 |
| 32 | Watt | 3 | 1:108 | 7.32% | 2,369 |
| 32 | Stanton | 3 | 1:108 | 1.37% | 551 |
| 32 | Rowell | 3 | 1:108 | 21.43% | 5,011 |
| 32 | Coxon | 3 | 1:108 | 6.98% | 2,276 |
| 32 | Campion | 3 | 1:108 | 4.48% | 1,587 |
| 32 | Stretton | 3 | 1:108 | 2.19% | 867 |
| 32 | Newborough | 3 | 1:108 | 30.00% | 6,286 |
| 32 | Siddals | 3 | 1:108 | 100.00% | 13,894 |
| 32 | Giliver | 3 | 1:108 | 100.00% | 13,894 |
| 43 | Wright | 2 | 1:162 | 0.07% | 13 |
| 43 | Butler | 2 | 1:162 | 0.13% | 47 |
| 43 | Birch | 2 | 1:162 | 0.27% | 140 |
| 43 | Bullock | 2 | 1:162 | 0.52% | 296 |
| 43 | Grundy | 2 | 1:162 | 2.78% | 1,482 |
| 43 | Strong | 2 | 1:162 | 1.12% | 674 |
| 43 | Usher | 2 | 1:162 | 1.94% | 1,096 |
| 43 | Blower | 2 | 1:162 | 0.95% | 573 |
| 43 | Averill | 2 | 1:162 | 5.88% | 2,729 |
| 43 | Dyott | 2 | 1:162 | 100.00% | 15,906 |
| 53 | Evans | 1 | 1:324 | 0.03% | 11 |
| 53 | Roberts | 1 | 1:324 | 0.05% | 32 |
| 53 | Johnson | 1 | 1:324 | 0.03% | 10 |
| 53 | Edwards | 1 | 1:324 | 0.04% | 23 |
| 53 | Harris | 1 | 1:324 | 0.03% | 7 |
| 53 | Davis | 1 | 1:324 | 0.02% | 4 |
| 53 | Baker | 1 | 1:324 | 0.04% | 16 |
| 53 | Ward | 1 | 1:324 | 0.03% | 14 |
| 53 | Marshall | 1 | 1:324 | 0.11% | 101 |
| 53 | Cox | 1 | 1:324 | 0.04% | 26 |
| 53 | Chapman | 1 | 1:324 | 0.17% | 172 |
| 53 | Ford | 1 | 1:324 | 0.10% | 84 |
| 53 | Morrison | 1 | 1:324 | 1.27% | 1,348 |
| 53 | Read | 1 | 1:324 | 0.17% | 175 |
| 53 | Freeman | 1 | 1:324 | 0.08% | 64 |
| 53 | Baxter | 1 | 1:324 | 0.30% | 344 |
| 53 | Walters | 1 | 1:324 | 0.25% | 282 |
| 53 | Jordan | 1 | 1:324 | 0.16% | 159 |
| 53 | Archer | 1 | 1:324 | 0.15% | 155 |
| 53 | Ingram | 1 | 1:324 | 0.12% | 116 |
| 53 | Rowley | 1 | 1:324 | 0.24% | 261 |
| 53 | Hubbard | 1 | 1:324 | 0.37% | 437 |
| 53 | Goodall | 1 | 1:324 | 0.77% | 912 |
| 53 | Woolley | 1 | 1:324 | 0.28% | 330 |
| 53 | Lea | 1 | 1:324 | 0.20% | 208 |
| 53 | Redfern | 1 | 1:324 | 0.85% | 989 |
| 53 | Grice | 1 | 1:324 | 0.45% | 546 |
| 53 | Ratcliff | 1 | 1:324 | 1.37% | 1,461 |
| 53 | Crowley | 1 | 1:324 | 0.59% | 708 |
| 53 | Storer | 1 | 1:324 | 0.55% | 666 |
| 53 | Bosworth | 1 | 1:324 | 0.44% | 529 |
| 53 | Michael | 1 | 1:324 | 20.00% | 10,525 |
| 53 | Boston | 1 | 1:324 | 1.11% | 1,215 |
| 53 | Clamp | 1 | 1:324 | 0.72% | 857 |
| 53 | Clubb | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 53 | Ragg | 1 | 1:324 | 2.86% | 2,684 |
| 53 | Asprey | 1 | 1:324 | 14.29% | 8,230 |
| 53 | Gazzard | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 53 | Spare | 1 | 1:324 | 2.27% | 2,229 |
| 53 | Ordish | 1 | 1:324 | 2.86% | 2,684 |
| 53 | Booton | 1 | 1:324 | 2.38% | 2,333 |
| 53 | Bircher | 1 | 1:324 | 7.69% | 5,280 |
| 53 | Hargrove | 1 | 1:324 | 3.13% | 2,865 |
| 53 | Bartlem | 1 | 1:324 | 20.00% | 10,525 |
| 53 | Hextal | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 53 | Gascoigue | 1 | 1:324 | 100.00% | 18,717 |