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LADBROKE - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"LADBROKE, (or Ladbrooke), a parish in the S. division of the hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 2 miles S. of Southam, its post town, and 1½ mile from the Southam Road and Harbury railway stations. The village, which is small, is situated on the road from Oxford to Coventry. The parish is within the jurisdiction of the county court of Southam. It contains the extra parochial places of Upper and Lower Hodnel, Upper and Lower Radbourn, and Watergall. The Oxford and Coventry and the Warwick and Knapton canals pass within 2 miles of the village.

Limestone is quarried for building and for burning into lime. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £438 5s. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £441. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure, with a tower surmounted by a lofty spire, and containing four bells. The church has a very handsome silver-gilt communion service presented by Lady Alicia Dudley in 1638. The chancel contains several tombs of the Palmer family. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum. William Palmer Morewood, Esq., is lord of the manor.

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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