Corley Genealogical Records
Corley 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.
Name index attached to original images of the baptism registers of Corley. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
Baptisms records for children living in and around Corley, detail the names of their parents - their occupations and residence from 1540 to 1812.
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.
Corley 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.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Corley. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
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.
Corley 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 registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Corley. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records covering those buried at St Mary, Corley_. 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.
Corley 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 Corley
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.
Corley 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, 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 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 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 providing brief details of surviving probates and administrations granted by the Diocese of Lichfield, which covered parts of Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Contains a reference to order the original documents.
Corley 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.
Corley 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 searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Corley 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.
Corley 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.
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.
Corley 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.
Corley 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.
Corley 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.
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.
Corley 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.
Corley 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.
Corley 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.
Corley 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 Corley
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.
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.
Corley 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.
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.
Corley Church Records
The parish registers of Corley provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1540 to 1910. 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 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.
Biographical Directories Covering Corley
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 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.
Corley Maps
A map delineating Church of England parishes in Warwickshire.
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.
Corley 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
CORLEY, in Domesday “Cornelie,” is a parish on the road from Coventry to Tamworth, about 4 ½ miles northwest from Coventry station on the London and North Western railway, and 98 ½ from London, in the North-Eastern division of the county, Atherstone division of Hemlingford hundred, Coventry petty sessional division and county court district, Meriden union, rural deanery of Atherstone, archdeaconry of Coventry and diocese of Worcester. Previous to the Great Survey of 1086, Godwin possessed it, then it passed to the family of Hastings, and afterwards to the Mancetters. Subsequently, it was held by the family of Champernoun, and then, by the marriage of Blanche, daughter and co-heiress of John de Champernoun, with Sir Robert Willoughby, it passed to that of Willoughby de Broke. The church (name not known), formerly belonging to the priory of Coventry, is an ancient biding of stone, consisting of chancel in the Early Decorated style, north aisle of the Late Decorated period, nave, and a wooden belfry containing 5 bells, the oldest of which bears the inscription “Gloria tibi Domine” and is said to date from about 1350; another, dated 1641, is inscribed “God save the King”: the stained east window was erected in 1882, by the late Joseph Moggs esq. as a memorial to Josiah, Mary and Susannah, members of his family: in the nave are the remains of two Saxon windows, c. 900, and two Norman arches, c. 1100; the church has been restored since 1893 at a cost of £727, and affords 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1540. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £295; gross yearly value £330; net £281, including 18 ½ acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Major Francis Hood Gregory J.P. of Styvechale Hall, and held since 1877 by the Rev. Robert Potter M.A. of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. Near the church are the remains of a Roman encampment, of which the ditch and rampart can still be distinctly traced. Joseph Cooper esq. of Berwood, Erdington, is lord of the manor and Joseph Cash esq. of Birdgrove, Foleshill road, Coventry, are the chief landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, sandstone and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. It contains 1,345 acres; rateable value, £2,317 1s. 9d.; the population in 1891 was 274.
National School (mixed), built in 1848 for 70 children; average attendance, 39.
Most Common Surnames in Corley
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hemlingford Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris | 22 | 1:13 | 0.60% | 7 |
| 2 | Wastell | 13 | 1:22 | 100.00% | 5,280 |
| 3 | Nightingale | 11 | 1:27 | 5.88% | 647 |
| 3 | Hutt | 11 | 1:27 | 9.65% | 1,016 |
| 5 | Clarke | 9 | 1:32 | 0.27% | 9 |
| 6 | French | 8 | 1:37 | 1.58% | 205 |
| 6 | Fulford | 8 | 1:37 | 6.50% | 957 |
| 6 | Ellson | 8 | 1:37 | 13.79% | 1,808 |
| 9 | Gilbert | 7 | 1:42 | 0.71% | 92 |
| 9 | Steeley | 7 | 1:42 | 26.92% | 3,317 |
| 11 | Gibson | 6 | 1:49 | 1.30% | 230 |
| 11 | Harper | 6 | 1:49 | 0.67% | 105 |
| 11 | Wall | 6 | 1:49 | 0.78% | 134 |
| 11 | Clews | 6 | 1:49 | 2.13% | 416 |
| 11 | Jephcote | 6 | 1:49 | 18.75% | 2,865 |
| 16 | Thompson | 5 | 1:58 | 0.21% | 24 |
| 16 | Cross | 5 | 1:58 | 0.78% | 161 |
| 16 | Marsden | 5 | 1:58 | 6.41% | 1,362 |
| 16 | Rowley | 5 | 1:58 | 1.19% | 261 |
| 16 | Starkey | 5 | 1:58 | 1.57% | 363 |
| 16 | Mullis | 5 | 1:58 | 2.53% | 610 |
| 16 | Courts | 5 | 1:58 | 5.38% | 1,185 |
| 23 | Smith | 4 | 1:73 | 0.03% | 1 |
| 23 | Howard | 4 | 1:73 | 0.97% | 272 |
| 23 | Barton | 4 | 1:73 | 0.65% | 166 |
| 23 | Ingram | 4 | 1:73 | 0.47% | 116 |
| 23 | Cliff | 4 | 1:73 | 4.94% | 1,325 |
| 23 | Musson | 4 | 1:73 | 5.88% | 1,570 |
| 23 | Wale | 4 | 1:73 | 1.40% | 405 |
| 23 | Topp | 4 | 1:73 | 9.30% | 2,276 |
| 23 | Stoney | 4 | 1:73 | 10.53% | 2,510 |
| 32 | Miller | 3 | 1:97 | 0.38% | 123 |
| 32 | Reeves | 3 | 1:97 | 0.40% | 136 |
| 32 | Birch | 3 | 1:97 | 0.40% | 140 |
| 32 | Halliday | 3 | 1:97 | 6.67% | 2,189 |
| 32 | Newland | 3 | 1:97 | 12.50% | 3,509 |
| 32 | Halladay | 3 | 1:97 | 12.50% | 3,509 |
| 38 | Taylor | 2 | 1:146 | 0.03% | 3 |
| 38 | Johnson | 2 | 1:146 | 0.06% | 10 |
| 38 | Mills | 2 | 1:146 | 0.13% | 45 |
| 38 | Baxter | 2 | 1:146 | 0.59% | 344 |
| 38 | Terry | 2 | 1:146 | 0.44% | 239 |
| 38 | Goode | 2 | 1:146 | 0.24% | 117 |
| 38 | Greenway | 2 | 1:146 | 0.40% | 206 |
| 38 | Lenton | 2 | 1:146 | 0.74% | 437 |
| 38 | Southam | 2 | 1:146 | 0.90% | 543 |
| 38 | Hobday | 2 | 1:146 | 0.68% | 393 |
| 38 | Hazel | 2 | 1:146 | 3.51% | 1,835 |
| 38 | Leedham | 2 | 1:146 | 1.85% | 1,063 |
| 38 | Emerton | 2 | 1:146 | 14.29% | 5,011 |
| 38 | Shakespear | 2 | 1:146 | 2.13% | 1,174 |
| 38 | Paddy | 2 | 1:146 | 7.41% | 3,228 |
| 38 | Freman | 2 | 1:146 | 50.00% | 12,031 |
| 38 | Alliban | 2 | 1:146 | 14.29% | 5,011 |
| 38 | Mayen | 2 | 1:146 | 100.00% | 15,906 |
| 56 | Wilson | 1 | 1:292 | 0.04% | 27 |
| 56 | Cooper | 1 | 1:292 | 0.04% | 15 |
| 56 | Watson | 1 | 1:292 | 0.10% | 88 |
| 56 | King | 1 | 1:292 | 0.06% | 40 |
| 56 | Carter | 1 | 1:292 | 0.08% | 60 |
| 56 | Grant | 1 | 1:292 | 0.22% | 237 |
| 56 | Watts | 1 | 1:292 | 0.09% | 80 |
| 56 | Lamb | 1 | 1:292 | 0.28% | 328 |
| 56 | Sanders | 1 | 1:292 | 0.11% | 99 |
| 56 | Coates | 1 | 1:292 | 0.42% | 505 |
| 56 | Mathews | 1 | 1:292 | 0.22% | 228 |
| 56 | Storey | 1 | 1:292 | 2.78% | 2,630 |
| 56 | Neale | 1 | 1:292 | 0.12% | 121 |
| 56 | Brookes | 1 | 1:292 | 0.13% | 137 |
| 56 | Crisp | 1 | 1:292 | 0.56% | 674 |
| 56 | Anderton | 1 | 1:292 | 0.35% | 409 |
| 56 | Tasker | 1 | 1:292 | 1.49% | 1,587 |
| 56 | Busby | 1 | 1:292 | 0.24% | 267 |
| 56 | Skidmore | 1 | 1:292 | 0.59% | 708 |
| 56 | Maidment | 1 | 1:292 | 5.88% | 4,400 |
| 56 | Wilkin | 1 | 1:292 | 16.67% | 9,237 |
| 56 | Abbot | 1 | 1:292 | 6.25% | 4,591 |
| 56 | Hinkley | 1 | 1:292 | 1.35% | 1,442 |
| 56 | Lounds | 1 | 1:292 | 50.00% | 15,906 |
| 56 | Haslewood | 1 | 1:292 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 56 | Bells | 1 | 1:292 | 25.00% | 12,031 |
| 56 | Cluley | 1 | 1:292 | 1.54% | 1,637 |
| 56 | Morewood | 1 | 1:292 | 7.69% | 5,280 |
| 56 | Lugar | 1 | 1:292 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 56 | Olton | 1 | 1:292 | 9.09% | 5,931 |
| 56 | Teds | 1 | 1:292 | 100.00% | 18,717 |