| Description | CR 1974 Warwick District Valuation Office Form 37- Land, 1910-1915;
CR 1975 North Warwickshire District Valuation Office Form 37 Land, n.d.;
CR 1978 Domesday books (registers compiled under the Finance Act, 1910);
CR 1996 District Valuation Office, Solihull and District, n.d.;
CR 2522 Domesday Books for Curdworth, Minworth and Sutton Coldfield;
CR 3013 Inland Revenue (IR 129/8) 25" Ordnance Survey plans
CR 3276 North Warwickshire District Valuation Office 25" Ordnance Survey plans
CR 3277 Combined Warwickshire District Valuation Offices 25" Ordnance Survey plans
CR 3284 Domesday Books for Kenilworth and District, 1910.
CR 3711 Domesday Books covering railway land
CR 3741 Inland Revenue (IR 129/1) 25" Ordnance Survey plans
CR 4309 North Warwickshire District Valuation Office 25" Ordnance Survey plans
Domesday Books were compiled as a consequence of the Finance Act, 1910 in the period 1910 to 1915. They contain entries for each hereditament (property that can be inherited) in England and Wales, giving a valuation assessment number, map reference, owner, occupier, situation, description and extent. Not all entries are comprehensive.
For a detailed description of the records produced under the Finance Act, 1910, see the Journal of the Society of Archivists, volume 8, number 2, pp 95-103. See also 'The Valuation Office Survey, 1910-1915' in the publication, 'Maps for Family History: A Guide to the Records of the Tithe, Valuation Office and National Farm Surveys of England and Wales, 1836-1943', by William Foot, 1994, originally written as a Public Record Office Readers' Guide, to be found at Warwickshire County Record Office library reference D.912.PUB(p). Additionally a discussion of these records and the uses to which they can be put, see 'The Geography of England and Wales in 1910' by Brian Short, which can be found at Warwickshire County Record Office reference D.333.SHO.
The Domesday Books deposited in the County Record Office are arranged in groups corresponding to the division of the County (less Birmingham and Coventry) between the District Valuation Office in Warwick (CR 1978/1/1-68), North Warwickshire (CR 1978/2/1-86), Kenilworth and District (CR 3284), Curdworth, Minworth and Sutton Coldfield (CR 2522). Many books cover more than one parish. An additional book, CR 1978/2/34, is a valuation of licensed premises in parts of Warwickshire and was compiled in the Coventry district circa 1931.
Some parishes are not covered at all by the Domesday books and many Domesday Books are incomplete. These gaps can sometimes be filled by reference to Forms 37 - Land, which are copies of the notices sent to owners and contain similar information to the Domesday entries. The references to these are found within this catalogue, with CR 1974 created by the Warwick District Valuation Office, CR 1975 created by the North Warwick District Valuation Office and CR 1996 covering Solihull and area.
Domesday books for Coventry and Birmingham have been deposited at Coventry City Record Office and Birmingham Central Library respectively. Another series of volumes (called Field Books), containing the same information as the Domesday Books but often with more detail, is deposited at the National Archives (Class IR 58) and the library in Leamington Spa has microfiche of the Field Books for part of South Leamington (Bath Street, Priory Terrace, Leam Terrace, Mill Road and Victoria Terrace). The index to the fiche can be found at the back of this paper catalogue at this Record Office Please contact the Local Studies section at Leamington Spa library if you wish to use the fiche.
It is suggested that the valuation books (Domesday Books) are looked at first to find the appropriate hereditament number. It is then worth looking for the Form 37 - Land that carries the number. Please note that not all the forms have survived and been deposited here. If no entry is found in the Domesday Book it is still worth looking at the Forms 37 - Land for that particular place as not all numbers appear in the books. You may find it useful to refer to the Parish Index to the Domesday Books below.
Depending on the information that you already have it may be more appropriate to order the map first, or have all three documents at the same time.
Other collections, such as deposits from railway and canal companies or solicitor collections, may contain further information and will be listed separately to this catalogue.
Field Books can be found at The National Archives. They usually contain information about the construction material, number of rooms and state of repair. For details see The National Archives website.
Parish Index to Domesday Books:
Admington CR 1978/1/1
Alcester CR 1978/1/2
Alderminster CR 1978/1/4
Allesley CR 1978/2/1
Alveston CR 1978/1/5
Ansley CR 1978/2/3
Ansty CR1978/2/4
Arley CR 1978/2/2
Arrow CR 1978/1/2
Ashow CR 1978/1/6
Astley CR 1978/2/5
Aston Cantlow CR 1978/1/2, CR 1978/1/16
Aston Cantlow (copy) CR 1978/2/6
Atherstone CR 1978/2/7,8
Atherstone-on-Stour: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1974/6
Austrey CR 1978/2/9
Avon Dassett CR 1978/1/7
Baddesley Clinton CR 1978/2/10
Baddesley Ensor CR 1978/2/11
Baginton CR 1978/1/8
Balsall CR 1978/2/10
Barcheston CR 1978/1/9
Barford CR 1978/1/10
Barston CR 1978/2/12
Barton-on-the-Heath CR 1978/1/11
Baxterley CR 1978/2/14
Bearley CR 1978/1/12
Beaudesert CR 1978/1/13
Beausale CR 1978/1/14
Bedworth CR 1978/2/15,16
Bentley CR 1978/2/17
Berkswell CR 1978/2/18
Bickenhill CR 1978/2/19
Bickmarsh CR 1978/1/16
Bidford CR 1978/1/2,3
Billesley CR 1978/1/17
Bilton CR 1978/2/69
Binley CR 1978/2/86
Binton CR 1978/1/17
Birdingbury CR 1978/2/20
Birmingham (part) CR 1978/2/36
Bishops Itchington CR 1978/1/18
Bishops Tachbrook CR 1978/1/19
Blackdown CR 1978/1/20
Bourton-on-Dunsmore CR 1978/2/21
Brailes - see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1974/21
Bramcote CR 1978/2/24
Brandon CR 1978/2/22
Bretford CR 1978/2/22
Brinklow CR 1978/2/23
Brownsover CR 1978/2/69
Bubbenhall CR 1978/1/8
Budbrooke CR 1978/1/21
Bulkington CR 1978/2/24
Burmington CR 1978/1/9
Burton Dassett CR 1978/1/22
Burton Hastings CR 1978/2/25
Bushwood CR 1978/1/23
Butlers Marston CR 1978/1/25
Caldecote CR 1978/2/26
Castle Bromwich CR 1978/2/36
Chadshunt CR 1978/1/26
Chapel Ascote CR 1978/1/18
Charlecote CR 1978/1/27
Cherington CR 1978/1/9
Chesterton CR 1978/1/26
Chilvers Coton CR 1978/2/27,28
Church Lawford CR 1978/2/29
Churchover CR 1978/2/70
Claverdon CR 1978/1/28
Clifford Chambers CR 1978/1/29
Clifton-on-Dunsmore CR 1978/2/69,71
Coleshill CR 1978/2/30
Combefields CR 1978/2/31
Combroke CR 1978/1/25
Compton Verney CR 1978/1/25
Compton Wynyates CR 1978/1/31
Copston Magna CR 1978/2/32
Corley CR 1978/2/33
Cosford CR 1978/2/70
Coughton CR 1978/1/32
Cubbington CR 1978/1/33
Curdworth CR 2522
Dorsington CR 1978/1/34
Drayton CR 1978/1/16
Dunchurch CR 1978/2/71
Easenhall CR 1978/2/35
Eathorpe CR 1978/1/35
Elmdon CR 1978/1/36
Erdington (part) CR 1978/2/36
Erdington: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1996/9
Ettington - see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1974/36
Exhall (nr Alcester) CR 1978/1/37
Exhall (nr Coventry) CR 1978/2/39
Farnborough CR 1978/1/7
Fenny Compton CR 1978/1/22
Fillongley CR 1978/2/40
Foleshill: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1975/46
Frankton CR 1978/2/41
Fulbrook CR 1978/1/12
Gaydon CR 1978/1/26
Grafton CR 1978/1/17
Grandborough CR 1978/2/42
Great Alne CR 1978/1/38
Great Packington CR 1978/2/44
Great Wolford CR 1978/1/9
Grendon CR 1978/2/43
Guys Cliffe CR 1978/1/20
Halford CR 1978/1/39
Hampton-in-Arden CR 1978/2/13
Hampton Lucy CR 1978/1/12
Harborough Magna CR 1978/2/45
Harbury CR 1978/1/40
Hartshill CR 1978/2/46
Haseley CR 1978/1/14
Haselor CR 1978/1/3
Hatton CR 1978/1/14
Hillmorton CR 1978/2/47
Hodnell CR 1978/1/8
Honiley CR 1978/1/14
Honington CR 1978/1/39
Hunningham CR 1978/1/35
Hydes Pastures: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1975/74/2
Idlicote CR 1978/1/39
Ilmington CR 1978/1/41
Kenilworth CR 3284
Keresley CR 1978/2/48
Kineton CR 1978/1/25
Kings Newnham CR 1978/2/49
Kingsbury CR 1978/2/38
Kinwarton CR 1978/1/38
Knowle: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1996/11
Ladbroke CR 1978/1/42
Langley CR 1978/1/12
Lapworth CR 1978/1/23
Lea Marston CR 1978/2/37
Leamington Hastings CR 1978/2/20
Leamington Spa CR 1978/1/43-46, CR 1978/1/20
Leek Wootton CR 1978/1/20
Licensed premises in 1931 (most parishes in Coventry District), CR 1978/2/34
Lighthorne CR 1978/1/26
Lillington - see Leamington Spa
Little Compton CR 1978/1/30
Little Lawford CR 1978/2/70
Little Packington CR 1978/2/44
Little Wolford CR 1978/1/9
Long Compton CR 1978/1/11
Long Itchington CR 1978/1/47
Long Lawford CR 1978/2/71
Lower Radbourne CR 1978/1/18
Lower Shuckburgh CR 1978/1/51
Loxley CR 1978/1/5
Luddington CR 1978/1/16
Mancetter CR 1978/2/50
Marston Jabbett CR 1978/2/24
Marston Sicca CR 1978/1/48
Marton CR 1978/2/20
Maxstoke CR 1978/2/51
Merevale CR 1978/2/17
Meriden CR 1978/2/52
Middleton CR 1978/2/53
Milcote CR 1978/1/16
Minworth CR 2522
Monks Kirby CR 1978/2/32
Moreton Morrell CR 1978/1/50
Morton Bagot CR 1978/1/49
Moxhull CR 1978/2/37
Napton CR 1978/1/51
Nether Whitacre CR 1978/2/54
Newbold Pacey CR 1978/1/50
Newbold-on-Avon CR 1978/2/70
Newton and Biggin CR 1978/2/71
Newton Regis CR 1978/2/55
Norton Lindsey CR 1978/1/21
Nuneaton CR 1978/2/56-59
Offchurch CR 1978/1/52
Old Milverton CR 1978/1/20
Oldberrow CR 1978/1/13
Over Whitacre CR 1978/2/60
Oversley CR 1978/1/3
Oxhill CR 1978/1/25
Packwood CR 1978/1/23
Pailton CR 1978/2/61
Pillerton Hersey CR 1978/1/25
Pillerton Priors CR 1978/1/25
Polesworth CR 1978/2/62
Preston Bagot CR 1978/1/28
Preston on Stour CR 1978/1/53
Princethorpe CR 1978/2/63
Priors Hardwick CR 1978/1/54
Priors Marston CR 1978/1/54
Quinton CR 1978/1/1
Radford Semele CR 1978/1/52
Radway CR 1978/1/25
Ratley CR 1978/1/25
Rowington CR 1978/1/55
Rugby CR 1978/2/64-68
Ryton-on-Dunsmore CR 1978/2/72
Salford Priors CR 1978/1/3
Sambourne CR 1978/1/32
Seckington CR 1978/2/55
Sheldon: see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1996/13
Sherbourne CR 1978/1/10
Shilton CR 1978/2/73
Shipston-on-Stour CR 1978/1/56
Shotteswell CR 1978/1/57
Shrewley CR 1978/1/14
Shustoke CR 1978/2/74
Shuttington CR 1978/2/62
Snitterfield CR 1978/1/12
Solihull (Nos 1-1392 see Forms 37 - Land, CR 1996/15
Solihull (Nos 1393-3186) CR 1978/1/58,59
Southam CR 1978/1/60
Spernall CR 1978/1/32
Stockton CR 1978/1/61
Stoneleigh CR 1978/1/6
Stourton CR 1978/1/9
Stratford-on-Avon CR 1978/1/15,16
Stretton Baskerville CR 1978/1/75
Stretton on Dunsmore CR 1978/2/63
Stretton-on-Fosse CR 1978/1/56
Stretton-under-Fosse CR 1978/2/45
Studley CR 1978/1/49
Sutton Coldfield CR 2522
Sutton-under-Brailes CR 1978/1/62
Tanworth-in-Arden CR 1978/1/23,24
Thurlaston CR 1978/2/76
Tidmington CR 1978/1/56
Tredington CR 1978/1/56
Tysoe CR 1978/1/31
Ufton CR 1978/1/40
Upper Radbourne CR 1978/1/18
Upper Shuckburgh CR 1978/1/51
Walsgrave-on-Sowe CR 1978/2/77
Wappenbury CR 1978/1/35
Warmington CR 1978/1/57
Warwick, St Mary CR 1978/1/63,64
Warwick, St Nicholas CR 1978/1/64,65
Wasperton CR 1978/1/10
Water Orton CR 1978/2/36
Watergall CR 1978/1/18
Weddington CR 1978/2/26
Weethley CR 1978/1/3
Welford-on-Avon CR 1978/1/66
Wellesbourne Hastings CR 1978/1/27
Wellesbourne Mountford CR 1978/1/27
Weston-on-Avon CR 1978/1/66
Weston-under-Wetherley CR 1978/1/35
Whatcote CR 1978/1/39
Whichford CR 1978/1/9
Whitnash CR 1978/1/67
Whittington CR 1978/2/43
Wibtoft CR 1978/2/78
Willenhall CR 1978/2/86
Willey CR 1978/2/79
Willoughby CR 1978/2/80
Wills Pastures CR 1978/1/18
Wishaw CR 1978/2/37
Withybrook CR 1978/2/81
Wixford CR 1978/1/37
Wolfhampcote CR 1978/2/82
Wolston CR 1978/2/83
Wolvey CR 1978/2/84,85
Wootton Wawen CR 1978/1/13
Wormleighton CR 1978/1/68
Wroxall CR 1978/1/14
Wyken CR 1978/2/4
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