Changes to Coventry Parishes

Evolution of Coventry’s Anglican Parishes

Early Anglican Parishes in the Coventry Area

Coventry has grown over the centuries and now covers a much larger area than it did 500 years ago.  All the parishes shown in this list existed when parish registers were started in 1537 and have either become part of Coventry or have lost part of their area to new parishes which are now part of Coventry.

Additional Parishes – Where did they come from?

As Coventry expanded some of the parishes were split to create new parishes.  This list shows when the later parishes were created and which parishes they took from.  If you are following a family back through the parish records and come to the start date this list will help you decide which parish they may have transferred from.  Only parishes created before 1950 are shown. Note also that some churches were originally built as chapels of ease and have registers dating from before the formation of the new parish.

Divided Parishes – Where did they go?

The opposite problem occurs if you are tracing forward and a family appears to move out of a parish.  This could be because a new parish was created so they moved parish without moving house.  This list will help you solve this sort of problem.  Again only parish splits before 1950 are shown.