Place:Kington Hundred, Warwickshire, England

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NameKington Hundred
Alt namesKinetonsource: Wikipedia, A Vision of Britain through Time
TypeHundred
Located inWarwickshire, England
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Kington or Kineton was a historic hundred of the county of Warwickshire in England. The hundred covered the southern part of the county, and lay south of Warwick, between the River Avon on the west and the River Itchen on the east.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Kington Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"KINGTON, a hundred in the south of Warwickshire; cut into the divisions of Kington, Warwick, Brailes, and Burton-Dasset; and containing, in its Kington division, Kineton or Kington parish, twelve other parishes, and part of another. Acres: 101,067. Population in 1851: 21,085; in 1861: 24,569. Houses: 5,503."

A map of the four 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.

List of Parishes

ParishTypeNotesSubsidiary PlaceSubsidiary Place Type
Atherstone on Stour parish (ancient), civil parish
Avon Dassett parish (ancient), civil parish
Barcheston parish (ancient), civil parish
Barford parish (ancient), civil parish
Barton on the Heath parish (ancient), civil parish
Bishops Tachbrook parish (ancient), civil parish
Brailes parish (ancient), civil parish Tanworth in Arden chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Burton Dassett parish (ancient), civil parish
Butlers Marston parish (ancient), civil parish
Chadshunt chapelry, civil parish Gaydon chapelry, civil parish
Charlecote chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Cherington parish (ancient), civil parish
Chesterton parish (ancient), civil parish
Compton Verney parish (ancient), civil parish
Compton Wynyates parish (ancient), civil parish
Cropredy parish (ancient), civil parish in Oxfordshire Bourton township, chapelry, civil parish
Claydon chapelry, civil parish
Mollington chapelry, civil parish
Wardington chapelry, civil parish
Ettington parish (ancient), civil parish
Farnborough parish (ancient), civil parish
Fenny Compton parish (ancient), civil parish
Great Wolford parish (ancient), civil parish Burmington chapelry, civil parish
Little Wolford hamlet, civil parish
Halford parish (ancient), civil parish
Honington parish (ancient), civil parish
Idlicote parish (ancient), civil parish
Ilmington parish (ancient), civil parish
Kineton parish (ancient), civil parish Combrook chapelry, civil parish
Lapworth parish (ancient), civil parish ended 1833
Lighthorne parish (ancient), civil parish
Little Compton parish (ancient), civil parish started 1844
Long Compton parish (ancient), civil parish
Moreton Morrell parish (ancient), civil parish
Newbold Pacey parish (ancient), civil parish
Oxhill parish (ancient), civil parish
Pillerton Hersey parish (ancient), civil parish
Pillerton Priors civil parish
Priors Hardwick parish (ancient), civil parish Lower Shuckburgh chapelry, civil parish
Priors Marston chapelry, civil parish
Radway parish (ancient), civil parish
Ratley parish (ancient), civil parish
Shottswell parish (ancient), civil parish
Stretton on Fosse chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Sutton under Brailes parish (ancient), civil parish started 1844
Tanworth in Arden chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish ended 1833
Tysoe parish (ancient), civil parish
Warmington parish (ancient), civil parish
Wasperton parish (ancient), civil parish Packwood chapelry, civil parish
Wellesbourne parish (ancient), civil parish Walton d'Eiville parish (ancient), chapelry
Wellesbourne Hastings township, civil parish
Wellesbourne Mountford township, civil parish
Whatcote parish (ancient), civil parish
Whichford parish (ancient), civil parish Stourton hamlet, civil parish
Whitchurch parish (ancient), civil parish
Wormleighton parish (ancient), civil parish


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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.
  • 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.