Shilton Genealogical Records
Shilton 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.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Shilton between 1813 and 1874. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Shilton between 1695 and 1812. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
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.
Shilton 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.
The Marriage registers of Shilton, document marriages 1754 to 1910. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status and residence.
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.
An index to marriages in between 1695 and 1928, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Original images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Shilton 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 for people buried at Shilton, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1813 to 1910. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Name index linked to original images of the burial registers of Shilton. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age residence and more.
An index of burials recorded at St Andrew, Shilton_. The index includes the name of the deceased, the date of burial, age (where available) and occasionally other notes.
Original images of burial registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Shilton 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 Shilton
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 searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Tamworth district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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 Shilton
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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton Church Records
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at Shilton. 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 Shilton
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.
Shilton 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.
Shilton 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
SHILTON, in Domesday “Scelftone” (A. S. Sceala, a hut, and ton, an enclosure), is a parish and small village, on the road from Coventry to Hinckley, with a station on the Trent Valley line of the London and North Western railway, 90 ½ miles from London, 10 north-west from Rugby, 6 south from Nuneaton and 6 north-east from Coventry, in the North-Eastern division of the county, Kirby division of the hundred of Knight low, Coventry petty sessional division and county court district, Foleshill union, rural deanery of Monk’s Kirby, archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Worcester, it once formed part of the parish of St. Michael, Coventry. The church of St. Andrew is a building of stone of the 14th century, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a western tower containing 4 bells: in the church was buried Sir Henry St. Germain kt. and Anne, his wife, daughter of Thomas Tindale: there are 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1695. The living was declared a vicarage August 16, 1867, and annexed to that of Shell Ansty, September 16, 1884; average tithe rent-charge £37, joint net yearly value £199, including 63 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Temple Chevallier Pyemont Pyemout, who resides at Ansty. There is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1867, and having 100 sittings. Shilton was the birthplace of Christopher St. Germain, a lawyer of some note in the 16th century, and son of Sir Henry St. Germain kt. mentioned above; his chief work, entitled “Doctor and Student,” published in 1523, was, previous to the publication of Blackstone’s Commentaries, a standard book, and passed through eighteen editions; the author died in London 28 September, 1540, aged more than 80. The Duke of Buccleuch K.T. and G. E. Jarvis esq. of Doddington Park, Lincoln, hold the manorial rights. The principal landowners are Mrs. Woollcombe-Adams, of Ansty Hall, the Rev. Sir Theophilus. Henry Gresley Puleston bart. B.A. rector of Worthenbury, near Wrexham, Flint, and George Jarvis esq. The soil is clayey; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and beans; there is also a great quantity of excellent grazing land. The area is 1,075 acres; rateable value, £3,511; the population in 1891 was 350.
National School (mixed), for Shilton & Ansty, for 100 children; average attendance, 65.
Most Common Surnames in Shilton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Knightlow Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 18 | 1:23 | 0.12% | 1 |
| 2 | Jackson | 16 | 1:25 | 0.67% | 25 |
| 2 | Orton | 16 | 1:25 | 3.43% | 226 |
| 4 | Watts | 13 | 1:31 | 1.22% | 80 |
| 4 | Bolton | 13 | 1:31 | 4.47% | 395 |
| 6 | Wright | 12 | 1:34 | 0.41% | 13 |
| 6 | Malabon | 12 | 1:34 | 100.00% | 5,587 |
| 8 | Johnson | 11 | 1:37 | 0.36% | 10 |
| 8 | Sheane | 11 | 1:37 | 100.00% | 5,931 |
| 10 | Sansome | 10 | 1:41 | 17.24% | 1,808 |
| 11 | Cooke | 8 | 1:51 | 0.92% | 110 |
| 11 | Tew | 8 | 1:51 | 4.42% | 666 |
| 11 | Tidman | 8 | 1:51 | 11.59% | 1,548 |
| 11 | Shakespear | 8 | 1:51 | 8.51% | 1,174 |
| 11 | Tallis | 8 | 1:51 | 5.03% | 752 |
| 11 | Haltram | 8 | 1:51 | 100.00% | 7,397 |
| 17 | Morgan | 7 | 1:58 | 0.56% | 63 |
| 17 | Gilbert | 7 | 1:58 | 0.71% | 92 |
| 17 | Aldridge | 7 | 1:58 | 3.18% | 546 |
| 17 | Bassett | 7 | 1:58 | 2.81% | 484 |
| 17 | Kelsey | 7 | 1:58 | 4.67% | 797 |
| 17 | Hatfield | 7 | 1:58 | 5.15% | 873 |
| 17 | Billingham | 7 | 1:58 | 3.70% | 636 |
| 24 | Cross | 6 | 1:68 | 0.94% | 161 |
| 24 | Chamberlain | 6 | 1:68 | 1.38% | 249 |
| 24 | Treen | 6 | 1:68 | 6.12% | 1,137 |
| 24 | Coling | 6 | 1:68 | 26.09% | 3,612 |
| 28 | Gardner | 5 | 1:81 | 0.43% | 70 |
| 28 | Rowe | 5 | 1:81 | 1.22% | 272 |
| 28 | Sanders | 5 | 1:81 | 0.53% | 99 |
| 28 | Birch | 5 | 1:81 | 0.67% | 140 |
| 28 | Wills | 5 | 1:81 | 1.75% | 407 |
| 28 | Dunning | 5 | 1:81 | 11.36% | 2,229 |
| 28 | Grimmett | 5 | 1:81 | 7.58% | 1,618 |
| 28 | Tibbitts | 5 | 1:81 | 12.20% | 2,369 |
| 28 | Corbey | 5 | 1:81 | 83.33% | 9,237 |
| 37 | Hall | 4 | 1:101 | 0.15% | 17 |
| 37 | Reynolds | 4 | 1:101 | 0.38% | 85 |
| 37 | Atkins | 4 | 1:101 | 0.41% | 94 |
| 37 | Abbotts | 4 | 1:101 | 5.41% | 1,442 |
| 41 | Thompson | 3 | 1:135 | 0.12% | 24 |
| 41 | Owen | 3 | 1:135 | 0.29% | 86 |
| 41 | Barnett | 3 | 1:135 | 0.39% | 131 |
| 41 | Herbert | 3 | 1:135 | 0.63% | 219 |
| 41 | Franklin | 3 | 1:135 | 0.54% | 185 |
| 41 | Stafford | 3 | 1:135 | 1.40% | 567 |
| 41 | Whiting | 3 | 1:135 | 1.92% | 768 |
| 41 | Shuttleworth | 3 | 1:135 | 1.19% | 476 |
| 41 | Keene | 3 | 1:135 | 3.09% | 1,144 |
| 41 | Garton | 3 | 1:135 | 7.50% | 2,418 |
| 41 | Abbots | 3 | 1:135 | 37.50% | 7,397 |
| 41 | Loveitt | 3 | 1:135 | 7.32% | 2,369 |
| 41 | Haltam | 3 | 1:135 | 50.00% | 9,237 |
| 54 | Brown | 2 | 1:203 | 0.05% | 5 |
| 54 | Hughes | 2 | 1:203 | 0.09% | 30 |
| 54 | Harrison | 2 | 1:203 | 0.10% | 31 |
| 54 | Riley | 2 | 1:203 | 0.23% | 114 |
| 54 | Dyson | 2 | 1:203 | 1.83% | 1,055 |
| 54 | Barratt | 2 | 1:203 | 0.57% | 328 |
| 54 | House | 2 | 1:203 | 11.11% | 4,236 |
| 54 | Hancox | 2 | 1:203 | 0.23% | 111 |
| 54 | Elson | 2 | 1:203 | 1.43% | 851 |
| 54 | Denning | 2 | 1:203 | 5.26% | 2,510 |
| 54 | Kenning | 2 | 1:203 | 1.56% | 931 |
| 54 | Astill | 2 | 1:203 | 3.70% | 1,912 |
| 54 | Linneh | 2 | 1:203 | 100.00% | 15,906 |
| 67 | Jones | 1 | 1:405 | 0.01% | 2 |
| 67 | Williams | 1 | 1:405 | 0.03% | 6 |
| 67 | Davis | 1 | 1:405 | 0.02% | 4 |
| 67 | Cook | 1 | 1:405 | 0.06% | 42 |
| 67 | Lee | 1 | 1:405 | 0.07% | 54 |
| 67 | Chapman | 1 | 1:405 | 0.17% | 172 |
| 67 | Page | 1 | 1:405 | 0.13% | 125 |
| 67 | French | 1 | 1:405 | 0.20% | 205 |
| 67 | Hewitt | 1 | 1:405 | 0.11% | 108 |
| 67 | Nelson | 1 | 1:405 | 0.45% | 535 |
| 67 | Farmer | 1 | 1:405 | 0.18% | 186 |
| 67 | Langford | 1 | 1:405 | 0.53% | 641 |
| 67 | Saville | 1 | 1:405 | 2.70% | 2,570 |
| 67 | Hyslop | 1 | 1:405 | 33.33% | 13,894 |
| 67 | Frier | 1 | 1:405 | 3.03% | 2,801 |
| 67 | Veasey | 1 | 1:405 | 0.86% | 1,001 |
| 67 | Hawtin | 1 | 1:405 | 0.81% | 957 |
| 67 | Lain | 1 | 1:405 | 20.00% | 10,525 |
| 67 | Hinman | 1 | 1:405 | 4.76% | 3,842 |
| 67 | Daviss | 1 | 1:405 | 20.00% | 10,525 |
| 67 | Talliss | 1 | 1:405 | 2.04% | 2,063 |
| 67 | Heill | 1 | 1:405 | 100.00% | 18,717 |