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Welcome to the Great Packington, Warwickshire: One Place Study.

Great Packington is an historic hamlet and parish in the Hemlingford Hundred, union of Meriden and country of Warwickshire (WAR), sometimes known as Packington Magna. It is located 8 miles from the city of Coventry and next to the parish of Little Packington. The area covers the grounds of Packington Hall and its estate, including St. James Church, and has otherwise been a traditional farming and fishing area. 

 

This website is a work in progress, and new pages/updates will be recorded below.

 

Recent Additions:

April 2024: Crimeline page updated, Natural Resources page updated,

NEW Oddities page, WW1 soldiers updated.

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May 2024: Buildings page updated, Crimeline page updated, Heneage Finch

the Cowboy Earl page updated, Jane Lane Lady Fisher page updated,

maps added to Natural Resources page, NEW Religion page.

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June 2024: Crimeline page updated, Religion page updated, pre WW1 soldiers updated,

and WW1 soldiers updated, NEW WW2 Prisoners of War page.

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July and August 2024: Project on hiatus for Summer/until September 2024 due to my travel plans!

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September 2024: Bibliography, Buildings page updated (Forest Hall, Old Hall

and Packington Hall), NEW Heraldry page, NEW page on Roads and Railways

and first Packington Personality: Thomas Wilkinson Booth.

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October 2024: Brief history pages of neighbouring parishes (Fillongley, Maxstoke), 

second Packington Personality: Isabella Barbage, and updates to the Religion page

from Church of England Vestry Books (1821-1882). 

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December 2024: NEW website section on notable BMDs (births, marriages, deaths)

with two will transcriptions on the testamentary records page

 

Coming soon:

Expansion of BMDs section, NEW page on Apprenticeships, new WW1 soldier profiles,

and Brief history pages of neighbouring parishes (Bickenhill, Coleshill, Hampton-in-Arden,

Little Packington, Meriden).

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St James Graveyard
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Old Hall Postcard
Jane Fisher nee Lane NPG
1715 Poor Law Records
Forest Hall Archery
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Meriden Union Workhouse
Packington Old Hall Painting
Fallow Deer
St James Church
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Credit for images:

  • Graveyard - Flickr. 

  • Effigy - Flickr. 

  • Postcard: Our Warwickshire. 

  • Jane Lane Portrait: National Portrait Gallery. 

  • Poor Law Record: Ancestry.

  • Newspaper: FindMyPast.

  • Forest of Arden Hall: Flickr. 

  • Workhouse - Mary Ann Evans Picture Library.

  • Old Hall Painting: Media Storehouse.

  • Deer: Pinterest. 

  • St. James Church: Flickr.

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