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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"MONKS KIRBY, a parish in the Kirby division of the hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 5½ miles E. of Lutterworth, its post town, 7 N.W. of Rugby, and near the Stretton railway station. The village, which is extensive, and of some note, is situated near the Roman Fosse Way. The parish contains Pailton, Easenhall, and seven other hamlets Monks-Kirby is mentioned in Domesday as Chirchberye, and had a Benedictine cell to Angiers Abbey in Normandy, founded by Geoffry de Wirce. It was afterwards granted by Richard II. to Thomas Mowbray for Epworth Priory. It derives its name from the monks, or priory church, and gives name to the division of the hundred.

The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The living is a vicarage* with that of Withybrook and the curacy of Copston Magna annexed, in the diocese of Worcester, value £300, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, is an ancient structure with a square pinnacled tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains monuments to the Fielding family. The register dates from 1560. The parochial charities produce about £62 per annum, of which £30 goes to the free grammar school. There is a National school, also Lord Denbigh's school. Newnham Paddox is the residence of the Earl of Denbigh. Roman walls and other relics of antiquity have been found in the parish."

"BROCKHURST, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, 5 miles to the N. of Rugby. It is near the London and North-Western railway."

"COPSTON MAGNA, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, 7 miles E. of Nuneaton. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Worcester, annexed to the vicarage* of Monks Kirby, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is in the Norman style, and was erected by subscription. Here is a National school. The Earl of Denbigh is lord of the manor. The principal residence is Copston Lodge."

"EASENHALL, a township in the parish of Monks Kirby, Kirby division hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 3 miles S. of Monk's Kirby, and 2 S.E. of Stretton station."

"LITTLE WALTON, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 5 miles N. of Rugby, near the Midland Counties railway.

"NEWBOLD-REVEL, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, Kirby division of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 5 miles N. by W. of Rugby. Mr. Drake's hounds meet in this neighbourhood. The hamlet is in conjunction with Stretton-under-Foss."

"NEWNHAM-PADDOX, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, county Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Rugby. It is situated near Watling Street, where it crosses the Fosse Way. It is a meet for the Atherstone hounds."

"OVER-CESTER, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 4 miles N. of Rugby. It is situated near the line of the Roman road Watling Street."

"PAILTON, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, Kirby division Of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 1 mile S.E. of Monks-Kirby, and 5 miles N.W. of Rugby."

"STREET FIELDS, (or STREET ASHTON), a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 5 miles N.W. of Rugby, on the Fosse Way, near Street Ashton Lodge.

"STRETTON-UNDER-FOSS, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, Kirby division of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Rugby, its post town, and half a mile from the Stretton station, on the Trent Valley railway. The village is near the Fosse Way and the Oxford canal. The Independents have a chapel. There is an infant school. Newbold Hall is the principal residence. C. Ramsden, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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