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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Knightlow Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "KNIGHTLOW, a hundred in Warwickshire; crossed by Watling street, the Fosse way, and the river Avon; and cut into the divisions of Kenilworth, Kirby, Rugby, and Southam. Acres: 181,916. Population in 1851: 80,104; in 1861: 83,858. Houses: 17,794."
Wikipedia states that Knightlow covered the eastern part of the county, including the towns of Coventry, Bedworth, Rugby, and Leamington and the countryside surrounding them.
A map of the four ancient divisions named "hundreds" is to be found in A Vision of Britain through Time. It also shows the detached sections of Warwickshire as they were in 1832. These have now been transferred to the neighbouring counties.
List of Parishes
Parish | Type | Notes | Subsidiary Place | Subsidiary Place Type
| Allesley | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Arley | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Astley | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Baginton | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Bedworth | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Bilton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Birdingbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Bishops Itchington | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Chadshunt | chapelry, civil parish
| Bishops Tachbrook | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Brinklow | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Bubbenhall | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Bulkington | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Ansty | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Ryton on Dunsmore | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Shilton | chapelry, civil parish
| Burton on Dunsmore | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Burton Hastings | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Church Lawford | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Churchover | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Claybrooke | parish (ancient), civil parish | in Leicestershire | Bittesby | parochial liberty/chapelry, civil parish
| | | in Leicestershire | Claybrooke Magna | township, civil parish
| | | in Leicestershire | Claybrooke Parva | township, civil parish
| | | in Leicestershire | Ullesthorpe | hamlet, civil parish
| | | in Warwickshire | Wibtoft | chapelry, civil parish
| | | in Leicestershire | Wigston Parva | chapelry, civil parish
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Brownsover | chapelry, civil parish
| | | | Newton and Biggin | hamlet, chapelry, civil parish
| | | | Rugby | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| Combe Fields | parochial area, civil parish | | |
| Coventry Holy Trinity | parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1928 | Coundon | chapelry, civil parish
| Coventry St. Michael | parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1928 | Binley | township, civil parish
| | | | Willenhall | township, civil parish
| Dunchurch | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Thurlaston | township, civil parish
| Exhall (near Coventry) | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1842 | |
| Foleshill | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1842 | |
| Grandborough | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Guys Cliffe | extra parochial area, chapelry, civil parish | | |
| Harborough Magna | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Harbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Hillmorton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Hodnell | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | Chapel Ascote | extra parochial area, parochial area, civil parish
| | | | Watergall | extra parochial area, parochial area, civil parish
| | | | Wills Pastures | extra parochial area, parochial area, civil parish
| Kenilworth | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Keresley | hamlet, civil parish | ended 1842 | |
| Kings Newnham | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Ladbroke | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Leamington Hastings | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Leek Wootton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Ashow | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Cubbington | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Leamington Priors | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Lillington | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Milverton | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| Long Itchington | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Marton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Monks Kirby | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Copston Magna | hamlet, chapelry, civil parish
| | | | Easenhall | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Pailton | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Stretton under Fosse | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Withybrook | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| Napton on the Hill | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Newbold on Avon | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Cosford | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Little Lawford | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Long Lawford | hamlet, civil parish
| Offchurch | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Radbourne | | merger | Lower Radbourne | extra parochial area, civil parish
| | | merger | Upper Radbourne | extra parochial area, civil parish
| Radford Semele | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Rugby | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Southam | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Stivichall | chapelry, civil parish | ended 1842 | |
| Stockton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Stoke | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1842 | |
| Stoneleigh | parish (ancient), civil parish | chapelries became independent before 1600 | Baginton | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| | | | Kenilworth | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| Stretton Baskerville | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Stretton on Dunsmore | hamlet, chapelry, civil parish | | Princethorpe | township, civil parish
| Ufton | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Upper Shuckburgh | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Walsgrave on Sowe | chapelry, civil parish | formerly known as Sowe | |
| Wappenbury | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Eathorpe | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Hunningham | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
| Warwick | civil parish | | |
| Warwick St. Mary | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Warwick St. Nicholas | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Weston under Wetherley | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Whitnash | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Wibtoft | chapelry, civil parish | | |
| Willey | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Willoughby | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Wolfhampcote | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Wolston | parish (ancient), civil parish | | Brandon and Bretford | hamlet, civil parish
| | | | Stretton on Dunsmore | hamlet, civil parish
| Wolvey | parish (ancient), civil parish | | |
| Wyken | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | ended 1842 | |
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Research tips
- GENUKI main page for Warwickshire provides information on various topics covering the whole of the county, and also a link to a list of parishes. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each. This is a list of pre-1834 ancient or ecclesiastical parishes but there are suggestions as to how to find parishes set up since then. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and therefore the reader should check additional sources if possible.
- Warwickshire and West Midland family history societies are listed in GENUKI.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date and from more recent data. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851. There is a list of all the parishes in existence at that date with maps indicating their boundaries. The website is very useful for finding the ecclesiastical individual parishes within large cities and towns.
- A Vision of Britain through Time, Warwickshire, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72 which often provides brief notes on the economic basis of the settlement and significant occurences through its history.
- The two maps below indicate the boundaries between parishes, etc., but for a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from this selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile.
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- A map of the ancient divisions named "hundreds" is to be found in A Vision of Britain through Time. It shows the detached sections of Warwickshire as they were in 1832. These detached sections have now been moved into the counties that surrounded them.
- As of October 2016 Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1535-1984 are available to search online on FamilySearch
- As of September 2018 TheGenealogist has added over 1.5 million individuals to its Warwickshire Parish Record Collection and so increases the coverage of this Midland county for family researchers to find their ancestors baptisms, marriages and burials. These records are released in association with Warwickshire County Record Office and have the benefit of high quality images to complement the transcripts, making them a valuable resource for those with ancestors from this area. These are available to Genealogist Diamond Subscription holders.
- The website British History Online provides seven volumes of the Victoria County History Series on Warwickshire. The first (Vol 2) covers the religious houses of the county; Volumes 3 through 6 provide articles the settlements in each of the hundreds in turn, and Volumes 7 and 8 deal with Birmingham and Coventry respectively. References to individual parishes will be furnished as time permits.
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