Hartshill

DIOCESE: Lichfield.

HUNDRED: Hemlingford.

UNION: Atherstone

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History of the Church

PARISH REGISTERS: Christenings: 1848-1957 Marriages: 1848-1965 Births: 1848-1918 (with gaps) Banns 1856-1962

BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS: 1660-1855

IGI: Christenings: 1848-1875 Marriages: 1848-1876

CHURCH: Holy Trinty Church

This is where the poet Michael Drayton was born. There are the ruins of Hartshill Castle, where it is said that Henry (later to become Henry VII) stayed before the battle of Bosworth.

The Parish Registers can be found at Nuneaton Library and at Warwick County Record Office

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