The Civil Parish of Nuthurst
The Ecclesiastical Parish of Nuthurst Cum Hockley Heath

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Parish Data

Type of Parish: Civil & ecclesiastical

Date Formed: Civil Parish created 1866 from Hampton in Arden Civil Parish; Ecclesiastical parish created 1878 from Hampton In Arden, Tanworth, and Tanworth, Salter’s Street Ecclesiastical Parishes.

County: Warwickshire. From 1974 transferred to West Midlands

Hundred: Knighton

Poor Law Union: Meriden

Rural Sanitary District: Meriden

Rural District: Meriden

Parliamentary Constituency: Northern Division 1866-1885; South-Western Division 1885-1918; Tamworth Division 1918-1932

Ecclesiastical Diocese: Worcester 1878-1905; Birmingham 1905-

Ecclesiastical Archdeaconry: Coventry 1878-1892; Birmingham 1892-1906; Aston 1906-

Ecclesiastical Rural Deanary: Solihull 1878-

Civil Boundary Changes: 1932 Civil Parish abolished with part to Solihull Urban Civil Parish and part to Tanworth Civil Parish

Ecclesiastical Boundary changes: 1909 Changes to Boundaries; 1957 changes to Boundaries; 1959 Help creation of Dorridge Ecclesiastical Parish

Parish History

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

Victorian County History of Warwickshire - Nuthurst