The Civil Parish of Berkswell
The Ecclesiastical Parish of Berkswell

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Parish Data

Type of Parish: Ancient. Until boundary changes detail below the Civil & Ecclesiastical Parishes were identical

Date Formed: Not Known

County: Warwickshire. From 1974 transferred to West Midlands

Hundred: Hemlingford

Poor Law Union: Meriden

Rural Sanitary District: Meriden

Rural District: Meriden

Parliamentary Constituency: Northern Division 1832-1885; North-Eastern Division 1885-1918; Tamworth Division 1918-1948; Sutton Coldfield County Constituency 1948-1970; Meriden County Constituency 1970-

Ecclesiastical Diocese: Lichfield & Coventry until 1837; Worcester 1837-1918; Coventry 1918-

Ecclesiastical Archdeaconry: Coventry

Ecclesiastical Rural Deanary: Arden until 1854; Solihull 1854-1892; Coventry 1892-1907; Kenilworth 1907-

Civil Boundary Changes: 1928 part transferred to Coventry Civil Parish; 1965 part transferred to Coventry Civil Parish

Ecclesiastical Boundary changes: 1893 creation of Barston Ecclesiastical Parish;1957 Changes to Boundaries; 1965 Changes to Boundaries

Parish History

For details about the History of Barston please see the following:

Victorian County History of Warwickshire - Berkswell