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"BRINKLOW, a parish and large village in the Kirby division of the hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, 5 miles to the N.W. of Rugby, and 7 E. of Coventry. It is situated near the Trent Valley line of the London and North-Western railway, which has a station at Stretton, about three-quarters of a mile from the village. It was the site of a castle, the seat of the Mowbrays, Stutevilles, and Segraves, who held the manor, but no traces of the castle now remain. The privilege of a weekly market was granted by King John. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, of the value of £228, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure with a square tower. There are chapels belonging to the Independents and Primitive Methodists; also a National school, built in 1859. The charitable endowments, including a bequest by William Fairfax for education, amount to £48 per annum. Traces of an ancient camp are still found near the Fosse Way, which crosses the parish; and there is a high mound, supposed to be artificial. This village was long the residence of the family of Rous, the antiquary."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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